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East's bidding seems a little crazy to me. Was happy to finally be on the right side of it though.
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gib meet stripe-tailed pass and then re-open at 4-level?
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Posted 2015-June-20, 13:09
East's bidding seems a little crazy to me. Was happy to finally be on the right side of it though.
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Posted 2015-June-20, 13:49
Of course I would have opened the bidding, but having not opened I think doubling 4♥ is completely automatic. In fact I would double a 4♥ opening even if I weren't a passed hand. The real problem here is west's pass over the double. I might even pass in real life if south hadn't redoubled since maybe it's down off the top and I could easily go for a number at the 5 level, but once opener redoubles I would believe him and bid something. It's hard to get GIB to understand concepts like that though.
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Posted 2015-June-20, 14:18
I would expect West's initial pass of the double to be based on a comparison of -590 or whatever with the expected minus from bidding.
If it is capable of doing that calc it would be trivial for it to redo the calc with a base of -880 or whatever
If it is capable of doing that calc it would be trivial for it to redo the calc with a base of -880 or whatever
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2015-June-20, 18:27
Yeah, down 6 doubled vulnerable might be worth avoiding, although it's not a calculation I could have made at the table.
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Posted 2015-June-21, 13:16
jdonn, on 2015-June-20, 13:49, said:
Of course I would have opened the bidding, but having not opened I think doubling 4♥ is completely automatic. In fact I would double a 4♥ opening even if I weren't a passed hand. The real problem here is west's pass over the double. I might even pass in real life if south hadn't redoubled since maybe it's down off the top and I could easily go for a number at the 5 level, but once opener redoubles I would believe him and bid something. It's hard to get GIB to understand concepts like that though.
I can understand that JDonn. We'd settle for a simpler concept, that one should very rarely pass takeout doubles without trump tricks.
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