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Do we double here ? How close is it ?
I doubled, it didn't matter but I still wonder.
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Matchpoint double ?
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Posted 2012-March-31, 01:07
Do we double here ? How close is it ?
I doubled, it didn't matter but I still wonder.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 02:07
Definitely. I would if one of the kings was a small card.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 03:47
Definitely. Not very.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 04:04
I know it's matchpoints, and we're talking about a double, but it's not what I think a "matchpoint double" is.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 11:45
I am quite surprised by this. Do you all still double if it was red all ? What about red vs green ?
I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx (could have doubled) and usually we are providing them with free information as they are on their way to 3N/4S.
I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx (could have doubled) and usually we are providing them with free information as they are on their way to 3N/4S.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 11:53
nigel_k, on 2012-March-31, 02:07, said:
Definitely. I would if one of the kings was a small card.
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bluecalm, on 2012-March-31, 11:45, said:
I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx (could have doubled) and usually we are providing them with free information as they are on their way to 3N/4S.
Usually? We have 14 points. Does our partner usually have about 0 points?
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Posted 2012-March-31, 11:57
bluecalm, on 2012-March-31, 11:45, said:
I am quite surprised by this. Do you all still double if it was red all ? What about red vs green ?
I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx (could have doubled) and usually we are providing them with free information as they are on their way to 3N/4S.
I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx (could have doubled) and usually we are providing them with free information as they are on their way to 3N/4S.
You have a 14-count. They are usually on their way to playing 2S.
edit: oops, beaten to the punch by the lalldonn edit.
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Posted 2012-March-31, 12:04
I'd double at any vulnerability and any form of scoring.
It's not particularly likely that they're on their way to game. Partner and LHO have at most 11 points between them. Unless LHO has nearly all of them, he's about to pass 2♠.
The point of acting now is to contest the partscore: we'd rather play three of a suit than defend 2♠ undoubled, and we'd rather defend 3♠ than 2♠.
That's an argument for bidding 2NT rather than double, so that we get to a real fit opposite 4=4=2=3 or 3=4=3=3. However, I don't agree that partner would double with all such holdings - he needs good pips as well, especially as he probably has no side entry.
It's not particularly likely that they're on their way to game. Partner and LHO have at most 11 points between them. Unless LHO has nearly all of them, he's about to pass 2♠.
The point of acting now is to contest the partscore: we'd rather play three of a suit than defend 2♠ undoubled, and we'd rather defend 3♠ than 2♠.
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I thought it's close as partner rarely has KJxxx/Kxxxxx
That's an argument for bidding 2NT rather than double, so that we get to a real fit opposite 4=4=2=3 or 3=4=3=3. However, I don't agree that partner would double with all such holdings - he needs good pips as well, especially as he probably has no side entry.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2012-March-31, 12:06
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I'd double at any vulnerability and any form of scoring.
Haha, I came to post exactly that, then I remembered that "I" had already posted in this thread, and saw that you had posted the exact same thing.
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