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Hammer time #3 Hands from Spain vs England

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Posted 2016-June-28, 07:58



Still against Robson/Forrester
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Posted 2016-June-28, 08:42

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Posted 2016-June-28, 08:51

I'd x too. No doubt partner is 3334.
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Posted 2016-June-28, 15:18

Sign me up for a double as well.

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Posted 2016-June-28, 16:41

x for sure
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Posted 2016-June-28, 19:38

I may be a wimp but I'm passing.

It's close but AK in clubs and Q 4th in both majors doesn't seem enough to want to re-enter the auction with a 15 count. I assume your NT is 15-17 (or 18) and so I'm a minimum, soft values in our likely trump suit. Yes the shape is right for a double but I've had these hands end up in 3Maj X -1 or 2 and IMP's lost many more times than I've had it go X all pass and Imps for us, or any of the other positive things that could occur.

Edit I should also note that I usually put emphasis on the short suit straining to re-open and I do only have 2 diamonds which is what makes this close to a bid and I would not be unhappy with a partner who chose X.
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Posted 2016-June-29, 02:33

View PostFluffy, on 2016-June-28, 07:58, said:


Still against Robson/Forrester
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Posted 2016-June-29, 15:27

I'm surprised at this one; double looks completely insane to me.
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Posted 2016-June-30, 00:55

I'm really surprised the consensus is to double. Competing for the partscore at the 3 level, vulnerable with a minimum hand and diamond wastage on what could easily be misfit deal seems crazy.

If you changed the hand to: AQxx Kxxx xx AKx then double would be clear because the major upside (partner passing for penalties) is a legitimate possibility. On the actual hand it is very unlikely.
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Posted 2016-July-01, 11:24

http://www.eurobridg...rd=004.01..1210

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Posted 2016-July-01, 16:39

Fluffy, do you think it's right to double in this spot? I wish the eurobridge site showed the auctions; I see some 3♦-x contracts but I don't know if they had the same auction.
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Posted 2016-July-02, 01:25

You can look for the 6 vugraph tables of the round on the BBO archives. I think double is easy with ♦xx, and it is obvious not to double with ♦Qx. ♦Ax is somewhere in the middle and who knows...

One thing is to think double is best in a public forum, and another is to make it against Robson/Forrester at the table :)
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