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He does not have a max, or he would have redoubled previous round. If he had a penalty double for clubs and holding 3-4 spades, he could have redoubled.(but I am not quite sure about that)

He has at least 3 spades or they would have bid it already.

He could have bid 2 if he wanted a choice between red suits.

We should not be seeking game after we already passed 1 and lack of redouble previous round.

 

I have no idea what all of this sums up to. I think this is one of those DSIP doubles. So I will bid 2 for the insurance. He heard my pass over 1 he can always correct it. Our spade fit can not be any better than heart fit. And if he really meant penalty, I will say that I am sorry.

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I would not be at all surprised to find p with 4 clubs and

some good spots and that they were trying for a penalty. Our

hand is not only minimum but sub minimal when it comes to

defense though I really like the club Q in this auction it

does not make up for my lack of tricks elsewhere. P hand

might look like Kxx xxxx Qx KT9x.

 

2d

 

mainly because I wish to give p another spot to play and warn them

about the lack of defense on my part. With 4 hearts I would simply

bid 2h.

 

The only other interpretation of x would be if responder was

something like 4441 and wanted to bring a 44 spade fit into the

picture if competing further. This interpretation makes little

sense since its perfection depends on the opps making a balancing

x and that in and of itself is such a small target as to make it

not worthwhile especially since we would lose the penalty application

of x. The delayed x helps opener make better decisions since responder

did not xx to show a hand near max.

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