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- From: bpwing@phoenix.princeton.edu (Ben Wing)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: what does this double mean?
- Message-ID: <56356@apadravya.princeton.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:38:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.205656.3270@wuecl.wustl.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.205656.3270@wuecl.wustl.edu> geppo@spot.wustl.edu (Giuseppe Bianchi) writes:
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- |A friend of mine, who cannot post, gave me a problem.
- |
- | > you hold QJx, QJT9x, x, KTxx. Both red, matchpoints.
- | > You pass. Lefty opens 1C.
- | > Partner bids 1D. Righty bids 1S. What do you do?
- |
- |
- |And followed with a much more (IMHO) interesting question:
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- | > What would a double show in this position? [of course without
- | specific agreements]
- |
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- How about it being an optional double? I suppose in "pure" Standard it
- should be penalty, but that seems to be a waste of a valuable bid. As
- an optional double, you show not very much support, overall values, and
- values in the suit doubled, and allow partner to bid on or not as he
- chooses.
-
- ben
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- "Can't we all just get along?"
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