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Responsive Doubles


TimG

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After P-(1)-DBL-(2), GIB doubled (described as "Responsive, 3+ C; 3+ D; 4+ H; 11- HCP). The auction continued:

 

DBL-(P)-3-(P)

4 - (P)- 4-(4)

P - (P) - 5-(P)

5!

 

Not that I'm especially proud of my actions, but GIB's 4 was described as "5+C; 3+D; 4+H" so "correcting" 4 to 4 seemed reasonable at the time.

 

I'm guessing that at some point GIB decided I had a big single-suited hand with hearts. But, I'd suggest that the description for a responsive double should not include "4+H" and/or once GIB follows the responsive double with a new suit the descriptions should change so that "4+H" is no longer there.

 

Tim

 

PS #1011, bd 5

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Why is it even making a responsive double when it's 5-3 in the minors? Shouldn't it just bid the 5-card suit?

 

You sometimes have to take the suit lengths in the bid descriptions with a grain of salt. I'm pretty sure I've seen some that add up to more than 13 cards. I guess it likes to play hands in r.g.b postings.

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