Bbradley62 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 [hv=pc=n&e=saj853hadq9ckj864&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=p1s2hpp?]133|200[/hv]Thank you for your feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lycier Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 I bid 3♣ according to pattern of my hand with 5-5 distribution and extra values. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_k Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Double keeps 2♥X and 2♠ open and if partner bids 3♦, that may actually be the best spot. But certainly we will play some hands in 3♦ that would have been better in 3♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Partner will not bid 3 diamonds without 5 of them, so I am confident that this approach will work more often then 3 ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 [hv=pc=n&e=saj853hadq9ckj864&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=p1s2hpp?]133|200[/hv]Thank you for your feedback. Double is automatic since partner can have a penalty pass. Steven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegmund Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Someone -- I want to say Marvin French -- made up a rule for this situation: "Reopen with a double, unless you have a hand that would have pulled a penalty double by partner." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Double, assuming a reasonable partner, and agreements about how to scramble with both minors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalldonn Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Not only might partner have a trap pass, but the clubs aren't good as well. Nor the spades in case partner has to go back to that suit. This is just not an offensive enough hand to force partner to play in one of my suits on the 3 level whether he wants to or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Partner probably has a trap pass about 20 % of the time when we have this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Double. The stiff ♥ A and lack of a raise by advancer increases the likelihood that pard has made a penalty pass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thank you all for your feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I would bid 3♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I would double. However, I think Justin is being overly optimistic when he suggests a 20% chance of a conversion. We hold the heart A, and most opps will hold decent texture and/or a 6 card suit when they make a 2/1 overcall, so I think it unlikely that partner has the hearts to sit for a double, when our classic holding for the double is x or xx. Having said that, 3♣ is a big bid. I'd rather play 2♠ opposite a typical 5 - 7 count 2=4=4=3 hand. And we may land on our feet if he bids 3♦ (tho I'd be more comfortable if I knew that we didn't play a 2♦ opener as a weak two). Plus the small chance that he has a penalty pass tips the scales on what would otherwise be a close decision. I don't think RHO's pass means much here. The fact that he lacks a heart raise really says very little about partner's holding a penalty pass when we're looking at our values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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