kenrexford Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 OK, so you overcall dealer's 1♣ opening by bidding 1♦ with ♠Jx ♥x ♦A1098x ♣QJ10xx. Responder bids 1♠, and partner bids 2♥. (In case in matters, your partner did not have Snapdragon available, as you do not play Snapdragon.) Opener doubles. What would you do? In practice, the choice taken at the table was funny. The person passed, and 2♥X was the contract, down three, for -800, when a contract that can still be bid makes easily. The person who passed commented that his partner, the Advancer, could have redoubled. This is a new form of the S.O.S. Redouble. "Partner, you have a stiff or void in hearts and 5-5 in two suits. Please tell me what your other suit is." Maybe pass is right, and you live with -800, or maybe this new S.O.S. Redouble is right, or maybe partner's 2♥ call was insane. But, would you pass? If not, what would you bid. The reason I ask is that I thought the solution for overcaller was obvious, but no one (strangely) thought that was the correct decision. There were a gamut of strange alternatives (strange to me) proposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Was opener's double penalty or support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I don't get it. An emphatic SOS redouble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I don't get it. An emphatic SOS redouble? Yeah, that's what I thought. LOL The double was penalty. A request for explanation before any calls yielded that correct information. I was, in fact, intended as penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Please explain to me why this hand cannot bid the obvious 3♣ natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Please explain to me why this hand cannot bid the obvious 3♣ natural. They probably thought that the cuebid had to be conventional... don't ask me why. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Please explain to me why I bid with this hand without a rebid in the first place? I have nothing in the majors, so where am I going? DHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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