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TylerE

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  1. 1. Your call

    • Pass
      1
    • XX
      32
    • 1 Spade
      39
    • 1 NT
      5


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Interesting thead. I play that rdbl shows spades so It would be my choice ; however, playing standard do not see what's wrong with rdbl (guess i would take my chance with dbl over 2).

May this example just shows that the standard definition of redouble is pretty much useless

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1, because I don't want to have to cope with

  rdbl 2 pass pass

I supose that this is not standard but I would easilly rebid 2 then, XX denies support for me.

And would your partner convert 2 to 2 when he has four of them? If not, you've allowed RHO's intervention to talk you out of a 4-4 fit and into a 5-2 fit.

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Interesting thead. I play that rdbl shows spades so It would be my choice ; however, playing standard do not see what's wrong with rdbl (guess i would take my chance with dbl over 2).

May this example just shows that the standard definition of redouble is pretty much useless

I learned to play that XX denies the ability to make a descriptive bid.

 

Good discussion of the other school of thought here by Marshall Miles, including add'l discussion of some of the interesting points raised on this thread.

 

If you try this link, scroll down to the discussion that starts on page 207 (7th one from the top for me).

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1 is the obvious call.

 

That is what you would have bid if RHO had not doubled. Don't let the double change anything. Redouble should show values and the inability to make any other descriptive call.

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1 is the obvious call.

 

That is what you would have bid if RHO had not doubled.  Don't let the double change anything.  Redouble should show values and the inability to make any other descriptive call.

Yep. Maybe one of the reasons people double a 1-bid with 13 cards and 13 points(or fewer of each) is because it is so preemptive :D

 

The opening side gets new tools to abuse and abandons its normal bid and rebid system. Playing Cappelletti over 1MX, 1S is the only natural bid.

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1 is the obvious call.

 

That is what you would have bid if RHO had not doubled. Don't let the double change anything. Redouble should show values and the inability to make any other descriptive call.

Yeah, if you want to play it that way. For me I prefer to play XX=this is our hand and any other bidding is non forcing

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1 with me (unless with Larry, then XX to show spades), and not even close. We have a clear bid with lead direction (let's say they play 2m XX, wouldn't you want a spade lead to pump a heart through?) You can always double back in to compete with this hand, and since we own the suit, let's bid it.
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That's easy too. With 6 partner would repeat them, with 15 HCP in her she'll double, but she could as well pass after which I'll reopen with a double, and instead of playing in our misfit doubled we'll play in opps' misfit doubled.

Thats where you are erring. Why would partner bid again opposite a hand that has shown nothing? Why put your head in the noose for no reason. Good players do not bid their values twice.

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[hv=d=s&v=e&s=skqjth52dk65cj873]133|100|Scoring: IMP

p (p) 1 (x) ?

If you don't like the choices, just post it in a comment.[/hv]

IMO XX = 10, _P = 6, 1 = 5, 1N = 4

A queen more and you would have opened, so XX can't be too far wrong.

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