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Posted 2012-November-19, 19:53



I'm guessing most would act at MPs.
As an aside, if you act, is it X or 3♥?
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Posted 2012-November-19, 20:58

sure.....I dbl.
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Posted 2012-November-19, 21:13

Double seems clear.
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Posted 2012-November-19, 21:34

Obvious dbl
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Posted 2012-November-19, 23:46

Yes, double. No thought of any other call.
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Posted 2012-November-20, 00:42

View Postshevek, on 2012-November-19, 19:53, said:



I'm guessing most would act at MPs.
As an aside, if you act, is it X or 3♥?


Pleased with the answers, since I was South, conceding -800.
The full hand:



Perhaps our scrambling ensured that they would collect.
Just one of those things? Or maybe we all have something to learn.

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is auto to double, though might have fared the same.
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Posted 2012-November-20, 01:09

no it is just one of those things
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Posted 2012-November-20, 03:09

I had almost exactly north's hand on the same sequence I instad bid 3♥ with confidence and got away with -300 undoubled
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Posted 2012-November-21, 07:05

Can I ask why X rather than 3H? X for me would imply a minor suit, since we're asking partner to pick a suit. Here we don't have one and our hearts are good enough to rebid.

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Posted 2012-November-21, 07:58

View Postahydra, on 2012-November-21, 07:05, said:

Can I ask why X rather than 3H? X for me would imply a minor suit, since we're asking partner to pick a suit. Here we don't have one and our hearts are good enough to rebid.

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Partner can have a 5- or 6-card minor, and he can have a singleton heart.

Double covers both 15(43) and 1633 shapes. With a 5-card minor partner bids it; to find a 4-4 fit he bids 2NT.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2012-November-21, 08:31

View Postgnasher, on 2012-November-21, 07:58, said:

Partner can have a 5- or 6-card minor, and he can have a singleton heart.

Double covers both 15(43) and 1633 shapes. With a 5-card minor partner bids it; to find a 4-4 fit he bids 2NT.


Ah, if you are playing scrambling 2NT that makes a lot of sense. I will mention it to my one partner with whom I play scrambling 2NT :) Recently he has been away, so I've been playing a lot more basic stuff including Strong Twos.

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