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Problems after first negative double


bluecalm

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Double.

 

4D. 3D is the world's biggest underbid.

 

This hand caused some disagreement between me and my friends. I want to double, they want to bid 4.

I say that partner will never pass the double with something like 3-5-4-1, they say he often will thus I can't double.

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I think double would suggest a 3244 11-count. Will partner pass that with four diamonds? Perhaps not that often, but yes he might do. The fact that he doesn't have any of KQ10 will encourage him to defend.

 

I don't see what's wrong with 3 here. If I pass, partner will play me for a 3244 7-count. If I bid 3, I show my fifth diamond. I have a few more points as well, but I'm aceless, and my club honours are probably opposite a singleton or doubleton.

 

Also, I think partner is limited by his 2 bid. My double implied both minors, so partner's minor-suit bids should be limit bids. If he'd bid 3 that would have been invitational, in the same way as

  1 1 dbl pass

  3

is invitational.

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I would have bid 3!s like a shot. I have a pretty huge hand to play in diamonds. Bit worried that partner has too many spades but such is life. Happy to play 5D vs: Kx Kxxxx Axxx Ax. Guess maybe it needs a bit mroe than my instinct suggested, but really cannot imagine bidding 3d.
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Also, if partner had: K9xx Axxxx AJx x would anyone fancy a 2d bid? Perhaps everyone is for 1N here. Guess it looks quite normal. Just a bit surprising that lho hasnt found a raise. RHO has not bid that strongly. If partner has no spade values he could easily have x KQxxx Axxx Axx or similar.
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