[WellSpyder]

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MPs. LHO (a reasonably sound bidder despite the vulnerability) opens a weak 2♦. Do you re-open in 4th seat?

[el mister]

Think I'd let this one lie - I want to bid as it could be a wretched weak 2♦, but nae shape, Red on white, plus RHO's pass often means they have some values (as they'll be keen to raise ♦ with nowt), cumulatively dissuade me from bidding.

[gszes]

MP it is one board so the occasional disaster is mitigated significantly by the huge number of times we break even or improve our score. It would not surprise me at all if the hand depended on how good partner's spot cards are. It looks like the opps are well positioned to score 8 or 9 tricks in diamonds so pushing them to 3d seems to give us a 50% chance of improving our score (I wish all my slams were at least that good). If the opps are only due 2 tricks (along with 6 dia) does it not seem reasonable that we are due close to 9 tricks on offense? This last question might be based on a faulty premise the opps are making only 8/9 tricks but what if it is right? Can we really afford to sit idly by while poor partner is holding a nice 11 count and a ratty 5 card suit (say hearts) that they really did not feel was overcall material?? If we pass this out just how aggressive will we and our partner have to be in prebalance position (ick)? We might indeed go down and make our score worse we might go down a lot and get a zero but in a life time of bridge balancing here makes great sense in the long run.

DBL

[mike777]

pass, I guess dble is an option at MP

[sfi]

Double is pretty awful - our shape is dreadful, we may not have a safe spot, they may be going down, and we are vulnerable. Lots could go wrong.

I'd probably double anyway.

[akwoo]

It depends a lot on how aggressive partner is in direct seat. I hope you've discussed this.

[gszes]

sfi, on 2016-February-08, 21:38, said:

Double is pretty awful - our shape is dreadful, we may not have a safe spot, they may be going down, and we are vulnerable. Lots could go wrong.

I'd probably double anyway.

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[Phil]

sfi, on 2016-February-08, 21:38, said:

Double is pretty awful - our shape is dreadful, we may not have a safe spot, they may be going down, and we are vulnerable. Lots could go wrong.

I'd probably double anyway.

Love this. There are many calls I make with bile in my mouth.