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- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: opening lead against 6NT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.015449.1860@ramon.bgu.ac.il>
- From: avir@chen.bgu.ac.il (Avi Roy Shapira)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:54:49 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ramon.bgu.ac.il (The Ever-So-Great Usenet)
- References: <1992Dec21.164445.7184@rayssd.ssd.ray.com>
- Organization: Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- sgm@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Steven G. Myerson) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec17.153844.10560@linus.mitre.org> Robert D. Silverman writes:
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- : *In article <1992Dec17.145526.17546@walter.bellcore.com> Martin I. Eiger writes:
- : * :Matchpoints, opponents vulnerable.
- : * :
- : * : You LHO Prt RHO
- : * :S - 9 7 P 1D 1S 4N 4N = Blackwood
- : * :H - 9 7 2 P 5C X 6N 5C = 0 or 4 aces
- : * :D - 9 7 P P X P
- : * :C - T 9 6 4 3 2 P P
- : * :
- : * This is a non-problem. When partner bids a suit, then subsequently
- : * doubles a NT contract, he is DEMANDING that you lead his suit.
- : * [unless, of course, you play lead inhibiting overcalls]
- : *
- : * In the above situation, If partner wanted a CLUB lead [after doubling
- : * 5C] he would NOT double the final contract. You would then lead a club.
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- : What if partner wants a club lead,
- : and knows the contract will go down if indeed the club is led?
- :
- : Does this mean partner cannot double for a particular lead
- : and then double again for penalties?
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- Yes. You cannot double again for penalties, because you don't have to.
- Beating a voluntarily bid slam will give you a good score regardless of
- which form of bridge you are playing. Therefore, all slam doubles are
- lead directing. Period.
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- The penalty double of a vuluntarily bid slam is justified if and only if
- you are 100% certain of beating the slam on any lead.
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- Avi
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- Aviel Roy-Shapira, M.D. Ben-Gurion University Medical School
- Dept. of Surgery A. POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel
- avir@chen.bgu.ac.il AVIR@BGUVM.BITNET
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