Another simple responses to 1NT question.

[Double !]

Just taking a little survey to see how different people handle a very common situation....

Let's see what is and is not "Standard".

Please assume that 2♥ bid is natural.

 

In addition, if your answer is that you play penalty-oriented doubles over opp's overcall, what do people do with competitive or invitational + hands with 4-card spade suits that don't also qualify for a penalty double?

 

intro Bridge 101?

 

Apologies, probably should have added an "other" option....

 

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

 

DHL

[Free]

Yeah you got it, other... Dbl is always penalty in my partnership.

 

To show weak, invitational and GF hands, we use a combination of Rubensohl and Lebensohl.

[arrows]

I see many top experts playing negative double against

2 level overcall.

[pbleighton]

I play double as stolen bid, with suit bids being transfers.

 

Not elegant or optimal, but we don't forget it :rolleyes:

 

Peter

[whereagles]

I vote for dbl = take-out and invitational values.

[luke warm]

in that sequence i play x for penalties... there are plenty of other ways to bid both invitational and game forcing hands, but only one way to double for penalty

[Gerben47]

My junior partner and I have given this some thought and came up with:

 

Penalties if WE are vulnerable, negative if we are not vulnerable.

 

If this agreement is too dodgy, I would suggest:

Penalty if your 1NT is weak, take out if your 1NT is strong.

 

The idea about being V or NV has this rationale: If you play negative doubles, opener must also keep the auction open and this can be dangerous. If vuln. this might give you some expensive results..

 

For example we had:

1NT* (2H) p (p)

dbl** (p) ?

 

* 14 - 16

** negative

 

Now I held 3433 with 1 scattered Jack, partner of course held 3244... Anyway all were vulnerable and there I was in 2S with them holding more trumps and more HCP than us.

[Double !]

To: Gerben 47

 

What you say about alleviating opener from the possible need to reopen vulnerable makes sense, especially at imps or imp pairs. This is really a matchpoint issue to some extent. If doubles are penalty, what methods, assuming playing lebs and/or rubensohl, do we have to seek a spade or minor suit fit without creating a GF?

 

Thanks: DHL

[han]

Other: always negative, whatever the range is.

 

I can't believe people play penalty doubles at matchpoints over 1NT-2H, at IMPs it is less clear to me.

 

As for "stolen bid doubles", ... (still thinking about a friendly way to say it :P )