Gerben42 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 According to this rule, do you alert (4♠) Dbl if it's penalty, or if it is take out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 According to this rule, do you alert (4♠) Dbl if it's penalty, or if it is take out? I would say that if a partnership had a 100% agreement that a double of 4♠ was a takeout double, that would be alertable. If a partnership had a 100% agreement that the double of 4♠ was for penalty, that would be alertable. Both of these agreements would be unexpected. But if the double of 4♠ means what it means to most players - a good hand which is unwilling to pass 4♠, expects to go plus against 4♠ doubled but is not based on trump tricks and has no clear call - then it would not be alertable. If you look over the various forum posts dealing with high-level doubles, you get a variety of answers to the question of how to handle these situations. But all of the posts agree on one thing - the "standard" meaning of a double of 4♠ is penalty, but that doesn't mean that the double is based on trump tricks. Any other specific partnership agreement of the meaning of the double would be unusual and should be alerted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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