Hanoi5 Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 You're white, they're red: ♠QJT9x♥♦A9xxx♣9xx Pa-1♣-1♥-1♠2♥-Pa-Pa-??? You're not playing support doubles so partner can have 0-3 spades, do you balance? If you do, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 do you balance? Hella yeah! If you do, how? Double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Now that I have read the auction correctly: Partner will not have 3 card support if 1S promised 5. Partner did not bid 2S, so we have the choice of double or 2NT. Double might get left in, and doubling with a void is just too dangerous. 2NT is not natural in our world, when the opps have bid and raised a suit. By inference, it should show pretty much exactly this distribution, and opener can knowingly choose the correct minor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flameous Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Did 1♠ show 5+? So partner doesn't have three, support double or not.This is pretty annoying spot. Double seems bit scary since partner holds 4♥ and might try to penalize quite often in these zones and I don't like my defenses. I'm not actually quite sure what is 2NT here? Until I know, I go with double but I don't like it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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