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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

 

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

 

We call this walking the dog.

 

How else do you expect to get doubled?

 

NotButter

Walking the dog is more like bidding 1, followed by 2, next is 3 (not giving up) and finally 4, hoping to get doubled at any contract from 2 on...

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AKQJ98xxxx-10-x-x.

 

Pass. Clear-cut action, and come into the auction later.

 

We call this walking the dog.

 

How else do you expect to get doubled?

 

NotButter

No we call this playing a cold game or slam in 3S and losing a partner in the process.

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  • 4 weeks later...

with no discussion in prior, I would just walk the dog, pass, hope I can

make an educated guess later.

 

If people do want to handle crazy hand in a rational manner(I don't

know if it's possible at all). how about we try 3 cue first and pull

it to 4 later?

 

3 cue then 4NT is no good in that first it's confusing, second,as

many have pointed out, it went down if pd had no ace. I agree we

all have bid contract which had no play, zero play. But that doesn't give

us excuse to indulge ourselves.

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Is there anyone playing Namyats overcalls (and 3NT broken minor overcalls)?

 

Here the hand promises one and 1/2 more tricks than namyats but I wonder whether bidding 4 (Namyats for spades) and then giving pard a free raise to 5 would describe the hand (1/2 extra tricks)

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There's a lot to be said for a simple 4 pre-empt. Yes, you might miss a slam, but the opponents can exchange a lot less information, and maybe even one of them will gamble to bid on when it's wrong.

 

At IMPs you don't gain all that much by getting doubled. 5 imps, assuming there are no overtricks. But you have a lot to lose if the opps judge correctly.

I don't think a 4 preempt is going to do the job for you. If you think this is a preempt, at least preempt at 5 level then, possibly even 6 level.

You bidding 4 ain't stopping nobody, expect pd.

 

Mike :)

ok, partner has

 

x

KQxx

QJxx

J9xx

 

So I'm not stopping anyone?

 

or partner has

 

-

KQTxx

QJxx

J9xx

 

and my LHO, holding x AJ9xxx AKxx Kx and not going to be pre-empted, comes in with 5. (Wouldn't you?) And if you doubled on that hand and your partner bid 5 (as he would holding 6 of them) would you "correct" it?

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