manudude03 Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 [hv=pc=n&s=sak7hj96dk8cjt653&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=1cpp1s2c]133|200[/hv] MPs scoring, favourable. What does double now show and what do you do here? Bonus question for those who pass (with double being takeout in this partnership): It gets passed around to partner who bids 2H. What do you do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 2♠ for me. I am not very interested in penalizing at the two level when we have a fit. Meanwhile a double intended as penalty may be misunderstood anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 It's penalty on my card and I'm going for it on these colors. Playing a very aggressive overcall style that includes chunky 4-card suits at this vul and having passed 1♣ means that partner will not misinterpret the double but it's a firm partnership agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 What you bid depends upon your agreements. For me, 1 ♠ in this auction can be as little as 5-6 HCP and 4+ decent ♠. It's upper bounds are marked by failure to make a jump to 2 ♠ which is something like 12-14 HCP and a good 6+ card suit. Most often 1 ♠ is definitely less than an opener, but there might be the odd occasion when it seems the right bid with an opener versus jumping to 2 ♠ or Double. So I'm going slowly and bidding 2 ♠. By reopening, partner with less than an opener is taking advantage that my hand is marked with some values typically at least 10 points. So I'm discounting the first 10 points as having already been "bid". If partner pushes on and shows a better hand, I'll get more excited. I do have 2 1/2 QTs and my ♣ length means partner is in position to not be overruffed if both he and his RHO are short in ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 5 teeny clubs,when p looks to be short, makes this a wonderful offensive hand. We do not wish to bury partner for balancing however so we make the strong 3c cue to try to get partner to bid game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 x...I hope this is penalty. if pard pulls to 2h I will try 2s now .------- If partner and I are NOT on the same wavelength a truly great hand to discuss/debate/argue about later in the bar over drinks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Unequivocally penalty. Why didn't I double one round ago if I wanted to take out?Double now, confident that partner will remove to a suit if high ODR in an otherwise weak hand. I like these colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 Doubling them with a JTxxx suit at 2 level and hiding an AKx support to partner's major suit is beyond my imagination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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