helene_t Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Support doubles are not so popular in the UK. Most weak-NT pairs prefer to be able to double with some 15-17 balanced hands that don't (necessarily) have 3-card support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 DNE = does not exist. What about the 7-6 hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Support doubles are not so popular in the UK. Most weak-NT pairs prefer to be able to double with some 15-17 balanced hands that don't (necessarily) have 3-card support. I would put it more strongly: support doubles are a really bad idea with a Weak No Trump (particularly if playing four-card majors in a system where you open 1M before 1m). Support doubles were invented to fill a weakness in the standard strong no trump / five-card major systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Support doubles were invented to fill a weakness in the standard strong no trump / five-card major systems. No they weren't. They were invented by Rodwell to fill a weakness in which his then-partner occasionally responded in a 3 card major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 I am guessing you do not personally play a weak NT system. What I wrote in #4 is absolutely standard. It is certainly a drawback of WNT systems that the double performs this duty but much less so than being forced to rebid 2NT here. Thi should is the thing I hate about weak NT, because obviously you may have to double with less if you are shapely. However the advantages are such that weak NT is by far my preferred system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 No they weren't. They were invented by Rodwell to fill a weakness in which his then-partner occasionally responded in a 3 card major. But Tram’s first point, that they work badly with a weak NT, is valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Do they work badly? If good enough for Kokish, good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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