Pen or ty ??

[120248]

ME

2d X P 2h

P P 3d X

 

My hand : Q952 QJ43 ---- K9875

[120248]

My hand is the 2h bidder

[Hanoi5]

I'd say penalty. I'd bid 3♠ with your hand instead of double and probably wouldn't have bid just 2♥ previously.

[ArtK78]

I would have bid 3♦ on the previous round.

 

Having bid 2♥, the double here is odd. How can you have a penalty double of 3♦ but not one of 2♦? I would say that the double is showing a good hand for your previous action (which is certainly true).

[TWO4BRIDGE]

As Advancer with 4-4 in the Majors, one bids 2S first ( if you are going to bid a Major ) after partner's DBL .

[gszes]

P borrows 7 hcp from our hand to make these level 1/2/3 TOX

so any normal boring 7 count is considered a minimum. Your

hand is only 1 hcp stronger but your distribution is anything but

boring. Assuming you have a trump suit somewhere (odds are

huge that you do) your hand "evaluates" around 12 and should be

treated as game forcing rather than the minimum your initial 2h

bid indicated (with xxx xxxx xxx xxx you have a nice 2h bid now thats

a minimum:). This is important because p may be quite strong

and afaid to do anything if you show them a possible yarboro rather

than the nice holding you have (note that you cannot bid 4d here since

that is normally reserved for 55 in the majors or better).

 

Artk78 makes the point of bidding 3d which shows invitational or

better power. If p bids 3h/3s 4h/4s we know p has at least 4 cards

in the suit bid. If p cannot bid a major or NT they will have to bid

4d or possibly 4c/5c if they have clubs. Over 4d we have a marvelous

backup plan of 5c which after showing our p 44 in the majors will

pinpoint our dia shortness.

 

This all starts with proper hand evaluation and knowing what the follow

up bids mean.

 

 

[Zelandakh]

First of all, general principles. If we have found our fit then subsequent doubles are penalty unless specifically defined otherwise. Here, when partner passes 2♥ we are deemed to have found our fit. As has been pointed out, the 2♥ bid itself was not correct on this hand but that does not detract from the more general question. If you run a search, you can find several threads on defining when a double is something other than takeout.