Wackojack Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I might add that this was "real life" and it was me that bid 4♦. "C'est la vie" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I might add that this was "real life" and it was me that bid 4♦. "C'est la vie" So you prove my point. In real life people do not DBL with this. http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfi Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 So you prove my point. In real life people do not DBL with this. http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif Meh. I'm still comfortable with my choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Meh. I'm still comfortable with my choice. I do not even think DBL is an option. But I will poll it to see how many good players actually DBL with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Well said. You should bid 4♦ when it is not solid and you should not when it is solid. Sounds pretty nice to ears on forums, isn't it? Because at forums partner knows that your DBL is asking ♥ stopper, not a take out when it is convenient. And knows it is take out when it is also convenient and accurate. This auction can proceed in many different ways and starting DBL can lead to a complete disaster. But who cares? After all we found a way to allow pd to bid 3 NT when he has a stopper and he does not have better responses than just bidding 3 NT with a ♥ stopper in many hands. I am not even mentioning the unlikelihood of finding pd with a stopper when they open 3♥ at these colors. Hell...I will not even mention the likelihood of a ♣ lead when pd actually have good ♥ stoppers, or the small possibility that ♦ are not as solid as we think they are.Relax. I don't know what is right on this hand. But this looks like a hand where we often belong in game. And the two most likely games are 3N and 4S - probably in that order. To make 3N, we need a stopper and a trick from partner. To make 5D we need partner to cover 4 of our 6 losers. I know which one I think is more likely. And as you point out, this is MP. If we belong in a part score, are you sure it is 4D, not 3S? Obviously, 4D is the most disaster proof bid. If they have us outgunned, 4D will probably be down less than whatever they are making in hearts. But it puts a lot of eggs in one basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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