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If North made a penalty double with unshown four-card support, no aces, and a probably useless K: North 100%.

 

If North made a takeout or card-showing double and South left it in with a void: do my percentages have to sum to 100? Obviously South deserves 100%, but North contributed too.

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The double seems pretty bad - if it's takeout or card showing, you're expecting partner to pull to 5H. With good 4 card support, you could just bid it yourself directly?

 

Edit: South's pass is obviously complete toss though unless the double was penalties (because then he could hope north has long spades)

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I don't have a problem with the double showing cards. I have a problem with 4 of them being Kxxx of hearts.

 

How is South supposed to know to pull the double? He may have as many as 3 defensive tricks - 2 hearts and a club. And his spade void should imply that North has some spades.

 

100% to North.

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Oh! Demonstrating your skill set at making friends again.

If you had just a little tiny amount of intelligence in that head of yours, you would realize that my post was about bridge, my opinion about "card showing" doubles, and who I blame. But I guess that's too difficult for you to understand. Even worse, you aren't even able to respond to the OP's question. You must be so proud of yourself... :rolleyes:

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Geez.

 

The 2 bid sucks

The 3 bid sucks

I like 4

Don't like the X.

 

I blame everyone except W

 

 

What do you suggest instead of 3 ? Enlighten us please. I can only think of pass since 4 is out of question. And i am sure when it comes back at ya at 4 level you would make the winning bid of 5 all by yourself and ta-ramm happy ending, right ? After all when someone opens weak 2 and his pd jumps to 4, he always has 5 card support.

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What do you suggest instead of 3 ? Enlighten us please. I can only think of pass since 4 is out of question. And i am sure when it comes back at ya at 4 level you would make the winning bid of 5 all by yourself and ta-ramm happy ending, right ? After all when someone opens weak 2 and his pd jumps to 4, he always has 5 card support.

 

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

 

FWIW I would pass 2 and pass again. Ofcourse, seeing all hands makes it easier to persuade that 3 has some merit.

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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

 

FWIW I would pass 2 and pass again. Ofcourse, seeing all hands makes it easier to persuade that 3 has some merit.

 

Fancy quotes dont really make a poor judgement look good. Sorry.

 

If you think to persuade that 3 has "some merits" requires seeing all 4 hands, i strongly suggest you to stop ignoring the cards you hold. Look at them again and free your mind from bean count tyrany ;)

 

I don't even think a decent player would consider this a close decision by the way.

 

EDIT: FWIW i would bid 3 red vs white too.

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:P This isn't much of a panel with you asking the question, and Justin and most of his pals off somewhere else. North's double is, quite possibly, the stupidist bid I have ever seen. You don't normally show at or above the 4 spade level; there is so little bidding room left that you usually must determine the contract.

The king is presumably in the slot, and this is not a good sign. Even so, imho 5 is normal with four to the king in support. Passing might work, but it is taking a view.

A double could show 'cards', but only in the sense that don't know what to do and you have to protect your equity in the hand.

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Hi,

 

3H is ok.

 

Double is ok, sry what else?

 

Ok, we have 4 card support, but we also have th king spades,

usually badly placed and a bal. hand, and partner just ovrcalled

3H, he may have only a 5 carder. Why do I need to go to the

5 level?

 

Passing the double is also a reasonable decsision, partner never

showed support.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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