[daveharty]

Phil, on 2011-February-19, 20:38, said:

Like a slow pass?

Um...no, that's not what I meant. My own personal feeling is that using double on this auction to mean "please pick a minor at the four level" isn't optimal; maybe I'm wrong. But I think my partners would treat double as "values with no clear direction and willingness to defend". To suggest that I would attempt to show my hand via extraneous means is, as The Hog suggests, a bit unfair.

I don't know Phil so I don't know if his comment was intended as a joke; if so, he has my apologies.

[aguahombre]

daveharty, on 2011-February-20, 14:54, said:

Um...no, that's not what I meant. My own personal feeling is that using double on this auction to mean "please pick a minor at the four level" isn't optimal; maybe I'm wrong. But I think my partners would treat double as "values with no clear direction and willingness to defend". To suggest that I would attempt to show my hand via extraneous means is, as The Hog suggests, a bit unfair.

I don't know Phil so I don't know if his comment was intended as a joke; if so, he has my apologies.

Trust me, his tongue was visibly protuding from his cheek.
I doubt that he knows you, either; and would have no reason to attack.

Like most humor, though, it has an element of reality. Sadly, a slow pass could be used as a "mixed" raise, willing to defend if overcaller reopens with a double but having heart support -- in certain prisons.