13 Total Points?

[USViking]

Deal #7 from:

 

Tournament #4739 Robot Duplicate- (MP) 2012-01-08 15:14

 

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Explanation for GIB’s double is "13+ total points".

 

Kx in partner’s suit = 4 points?

Singleton Queen in opponents’ suit = 4 points?

That still leaves us one point short, so maybe the Kx = 5 points and/or

the 7-card suit = 1 point.

 

Please, no, really, GIB’s 4th level double is completely indefensible,

regardless of what it means. Completely.

 

That 1st round pass was pretty bad too, I think.

[georgi]

Thanks for reporting. It's a bug. It will be investigated for fix.

 

GIB has 10TP which is away from the 13+. Currently GIB can't overcall with 2♦ which is > of 2♣(opener's rebidded suit) so requires 14+TP, with lower suit by rank it requires 11+TP.

 

But the double is wrong.

[USViking]

Thanks for reporting. It's a bug. It will be investigated for fix.

 

GIB has 10TP which is away from the 13+. Currently GIB can't overcall with 2♦ which is > of 2♣(opener's rebidded suit) so requires 14+TP, with lower suit by rank it requires 11+TP.

 

But the double is wrong.

 

Thank you for the reply.

 

I am curious to know if really good players such as you would prefer

to make exceptions to the overcall requirement for a hand like the one

GIB has in this deal, with the 7-card suit being an overriding feature.

[barmar]

But how is partner supposed to know whether you have a moderate hand with a long suit or a good hand with a normal suit? I think that's too wide a range to deal with. Situations like this are why some players play negative free bids.

 

If I held that hand I would probably pass and hope that I get a chance to balance in later.