Do you balance?

[655321]

Pass, but for some reason I don't really hate the double with this hand as much as I do on other similar hands.

 

Here are a couple of other discussions about opener's reopening decision:-

 

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=36267

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=37895

[ONEferBRID]

[hv=d=s&v=n&s=sa9xxhq10xxdaxxcqx]133|100|Scoring: IMP

1♦-2♣-ps-ps

??[/hv]

Again, as in this recent thread :

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=42203

 

I agree with Dwane ( keylime ), Fluffer, and the fish ( and others I may have missed).

 

Double to protect partner's failure to make a Neg-DBL.

[Lobowolf]

For partner to have a penalty pass requires either a freakish distribution, in which case it is likely that they have somewhere better to play, or partner to have made a poor bid.

I don't agree with this.

[655321]

Again, as in this recent thread :

http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=42203

 

I agree with Dwane ( keylime ), Fluffer, and the fish ( and others I may have missed).

 

Double to protect partner's failure to make a Neg-DBL.

ONEfer, do you notice any differences between the hand in this post, and the hand in the unrelated thread you linked to?

Comparing our holdings in the opponents suit would be a good place to start.

[Siegmund]

I would understand a double at matchpoints. There are good chances to get 110 instead of 50 or 100 / -50 instead of -90. At IMPs I see a lot more big downsides than big upsides and I stay fixed.

 

I've been wrong before.

[the hog]

Pass seems clear at the vul & scoring.

In my view, partner shouldn't have the hand that is looking for +800 instead of +430.

With

♠Kxxx  ♥AJx  ♦Kx  ♣KT8x

 

Sure you will get +800 but that is unusual. Better to bid 3NT with that, rather than have a style that obliges opener to reopen on nearly all hands.

 

You will  miss out on the occasional +300 when responder has a balanced 11-count.

The case for a reopening is greater nv vs vul, or at matchpoints.

that hand is impossible

 

 

pard must hve more

Disagree totally. That hand is perfectly possible for a re opening double.

[Viren169]

Hi,

 

This is a simple auction that most partnerships will have discussed, as it comes up frequently enough to warrant discussion and have some agreement(s).

 

Pd will usually have one of three (ignoring option 0) different types of hands.

 

0. Hand that should have acted over 2C (nothing we can do here!)

1. Hand too poor to act over 2C

2. Hand that has no sensible bid over 2C

3. Penalty dble of 2C

 

So there is a danger that re-opening with a dble could land you with a large minus score (option 1), however that is outweighed by the fact that this could be your hand (option 2) either in one of your suits or opponents playing in 2C dbled (option 3).

 

It is highly unlikly that the opponents will catch you with option 1, the risk is out weighed by the pluses, and allows pd to pass on good hands (with clubs) intending to pass the re-opening dble.

 

So I would reopen here, as I have shortage in the opponent's suit (even if I had a sub minimum hand).

 

BR

Viren