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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:34

Scoring: XIMP

p - (1C) - ??

Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:40

Dbl or 1♦ are both reasonable. I'll go 1♦.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:42

Double.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:42

1♦ is the bid for me. I'm closer to pass or 2♦ than X.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:47

1♦ for me.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:49

1♦
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Posted 2007-July-04, 05:50

1 ♦ no need to search with X a 3-3 fits yet.
Pass would be my second choice, 2 Diamond my third.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:18

1♦

I could live with a partner who preferred to pass hands like this, but I'd struggle with a double in my general methods.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:26

easy double :)
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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:35

1D, wtp?

Move the King of clubs to another
suit and we can start talking about
a t/o, I still would bid 1D, but at least
I would begin to see some merits.

You may convince me that pass is
best, but I am used to bid, sometimes
I bid to much.

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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:50

1♦

Too weak and wrong shape for double. Can live with one flaw but not two.

If I live in Italy I guess they win with double all the time.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:56

Partner's a passed hand, which I don't find overly encouraging. Admittedly, he's not going to be in a position to hang me if I double. At the same time, its not like we have any (real) chance at game.

At the table, I would consider three different bids:

Pass
1♦
2♦

I suspect that I would (probably) pass, with 1♦ as a close second. On occasion, I'd trot out a 2♦ just to keep things lively.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 06:58

1♦.

For those who double, what about this auction:

1♣-1♦-2♣-P-
P-X?

Or, is there something different about the delayed action, like a sixth diamond expected?
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Posted 2007-July-04, 07:46

I would expect a better hand Ken.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-July-04, 09:04

Hannie, on Jul 4 2007, 08:46 AM, said:

I would expect a better hand Ken.

me too.

I am a 1♦ overcaller: I won't stretch to double on modest high cards with 3=3 in the majors.

As for [1♣] 1♦ [2♣] P P... I can think of almost no reasons to bid. Partner could have made a responsive double or a raise to 2♦... and he could have bid a chunky 5 card major if he is a maximum passed hand. So doubling now seems low percentage.. could work out, but rates not to.

Bear in mind that the auction doesn't rate to go 2♣ P P... most of the time, LHO is bidding a major, or doubling, or (given our suit) bidding 1N etc. So I wouldn't make my first call in the expectation of being able to reopen next round.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 09:09

hrothgar, on Jul 4 2007, 07:56 AM, said:

I suspect that I would (probably) pass

I second that.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 09:25

gwnn, on Jul 4 2007, 01:42 PM, said:

1♦ is the bid for me. I'm closer to pass or 2♦ than X.

Agree. I would bid 2♦ at matchpoints.
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Posted 2007-July-04, 10:06

1D is clear for me.

I don't double 1m in the direct seat with 3-3 in the majors and 12 hcp, but each to his own...

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Posted 2007-July-04, 10:07

mikeh, on Jul 4 2007, 04:04 PM, said:

I am a 1♦ overcaller: I won't stretch to double on modest high cards with 3=3 in the majors.

I'm a 1D overcaller on this hand as well but I don't mind double at all. I don't like 2D on this hand with a poor suit and so many scattered honours: xxx xxx KJxxx Kx is much more of a 2D call.

I have no intrinsic problem with doubling on a 3352 12-count. I bet mike would double (if he did anything) with

KQx
AKx
9xxxx
xx

and I bet all the doublers would bid diamonds (1 or 2) with

xxx
Qxx
AKQxx
Jx
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Posted 2007-July-04, 10:28

1D, the lead may be important.
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