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Cascade, on Oct 24 2008, 04:26 AM, said:
flytoox, on Oct 24 2008, 04:08 PM, said:
I think Lawrence discussed this sequence in his book, "Double".
This should be treated as a takeout dbl but pd can convert it if he holds good spade. You should hold sth like
xx, Axx, Akxx, Kxxx
THe reason is that if you hold long spade, then as it is in front of the 2S bidder, you will not get many trump tricks.
If pd has good spade holding ,he pass your dbl. Otherwise, he bid a suit.
This should be treated as a takeout dbl but pd can convert it if he holds good spade. You should hold sth like
xx, Axx, Akxx, Kxxx
THe reason is that if you hold long spade, then as it is in front of the 2S bidder, you will not get many trump tricks.
If pd has good spade holding ,he pass your dbl. Otherwise, he bid a suit.
Except that the 1NT bidder will have some spades on this auction otherwise he would raise clubs rather than bid 1NT.
1N response to 1m shows some strength in 2/1, especially over pd's 1club opening. He probably have his reason not to raise, balanced shape etc. Of coz he can remove the dbl to 2 level of minor. In this way you can say this dbl is sort of cooperative, showing non-minimum hand and consulting pd's opinion.