Posted 2014-February-17, 13:08
Bidding 3♠ by W obviously an option and a very good option but it lacks the opportunity to punish them when opener has doubleton ♥ and 4 card spades. Notice that S did not get in at his first turn. He is trying to get in now thinking that auction will die at 2 level if he does not. Or may be he has solid spades and was trying to sit on 1 NT or planning to double 3 NT (walking the dog kinda) and he is annoyed that we are mentioning the hearts.
If i was W and did not remember our agreements on this DBL over 2♠, if we had any, then i would just take the insurance and bid 3♠. But if we had an agreement that the double is take out, then i would use it. Colors are very attractive for punishment if our opponent is just bored of passing and looking for action, and pd is aware that i am making a negative double.
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