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- From: (martino@courier6.aero.org(Nick Martino))
- Subject: Re: Striped-tail doubles
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.221209.3954@speedy.aero.org>
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- References: <9211111532.aa27705@Paris.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:12:09 GMT
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- In article <9211111532.aa27705@Paris.ics.uci.edu>,
- kibler@turing.ICS.UCI.EDU (Dennis Kibler) wrote:
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- > As dealer you pick up Axx,AQ10x,xx,Qxxx and open 1 club.
- > The bidding goes:
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- > 1c 1nt 2s 3d* Alert transfer to hearts
- > p 3h p 3nt
- > X** p p 4d
- > p p p
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- >
- > ** I believed 3nt as asking for a choice between 3nt and 4hearts
- > and felt I could beat either contract.
- > Not - 3nt makes with an overtrick as 1nt bidder held KJXX of hearts.
- >
- > Does the double call for any particular suit to be lead?
-
- Yes, a spade. Ewen's book on opening leads deals with lead-directing
- penalty doubles.
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- As an aside, there's something strange about the opponents' bidding? Isn't
- KJxx enough to prefer 4H to either 3NTx or 4D. Sounds like another
- questionable alert. If asked what the alert meant, did LHO reply "transfer
- to Hearts" or did he say "according to our agreements, it's a transfer but
- it hasn't come up in three years so your guess is good as mine"?
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