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#1 User is offline   paulg 

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Posted 2007-July-18, 15:51

Scoring: IMP

Pass - (1♦) - ?

Does it pay to get involved with this hand?

I think it does, but both players passed in a match this evening (so I may have to resign from the Squadra Senilia).

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Posted 2007-July-18, 15:52

I'm in there baby.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 15:56

I have nostrong opinon on this one, I would most likelly pass.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 16:11

DOUBLE !!!!!!
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Posted 2007-July-18, 16:21

I'll choose the more diminutive: double
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  Posted 2007-July-18, 16:49

1NT for 3 suit t/o; perfect.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 17:00

X
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Posted 2007-July-18, 17:09

Double.

It's our hand...maybe...maybe they go wrong.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 17:11

with the people i normally play with, double.
it depends on partnership style, but it's correct for 90% of people out there.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 17:51

looks like an easy double to me
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Posted 2007-July-18, 18:14

keylime, on Jul 18 2007, 02:49 PM, said:

1NT for 3 suit t/o; perfect.

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I'll take a call. On the days I'm not playing OS, I'm glad to take a call and stay at the one level. Otherwise, I get the double-edged sword of preempting the opps to the 2 level, while (potentially) risking a larger penalty with a 1NTO.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 18:32

On a different thread I advocated a pass of 1♣ with more hcp and 4=4=2=3 shape, but felt it was close. Here, I double, and don't think it is (as) close.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 19:48

I'm of a particularly sound bidding theory (against LIA overcalls) as it pertains to direct overcalls at IMPs, feeling that usually no action should be taken (except of course wild-ass jumps on junk) that has no preemptive value unless you can imagine some game that might plausibly be bid.

So, I imagine a relatively non-exciting hand for Advancer, like ♠AQxx ♥x ♦xxx ♣Qxxxx. Game makes enough opposite that hand. I ain't opening that, and I open crap (this one is admittedly close, but not enough). My partner sometimes pukes when he sees what I open, so he ain't opening that either. So, I'm good enough to double.
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Posted 2007-July-18, 19:57

Double looks normal. Might be different for "Italian"-style doublers.

Change the suits around, so I've got xx spade over a 1♠ opening, and it's a fairly obvious pass for me. Think I'm still doubling over 1♥.
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Posted 2007-July-19, 00:07

X.

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Posted 2007-July-19, 00:26

Pass at this vul and scoring. Would double under other circumstances.
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Posted 2007-July-19, 00:41

Trivial dbl.
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Posted 2007-July-19, 01:39

Double, but it's close.
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Posted 2007-July-19, 01:54

Double, but it's fairly close.

If I had to bid 1NT to show a 3-suited takeout, I wouldn't.
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Posted 2007-July-19, 02:35

keylime, on Jul 18 2007, 05:49 PM, said:

1NT for 3 suit t/o; perfect.

And extra values too, for the way we play it :lol:.
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