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What is you bid? 3d - pass - pass -?

Poll: What would you bid? (49 member(s) have cast votes)

What would you bid?

  1. dbl (45 votes [91.84%])

    Percentage of vote: 91.84%

  2. 4d (4 votes [8.16%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.16%

  3. something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   olegru 

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Posted 2006-March-22, 11:51

Scoring: IMP


West........North..........East............South
3d...........pass...........pass............?


Simple question
You South, red v white.
3rd board of 16 boards knockout teams.
Opponent on the first sit oppened natural preemptive 3♦, two passes and yours bid
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Posted 2006-March-22, 11:53

Double. I'm 3-suited. Wtp?
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Posted 2006-March-22, 11:54

I'll predict a unanimous vote.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 12:17

This really is a perfect hand for a take-out double. There just isn't any alternative bid, unless I'm playing something daft like Fishbein defence to pre-empts.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 12:26

Echognome, on Mar 22 2006, 05:53 PM, said:

Double. I'm 3-suited. Wtp?

Did this come from a textbook? Double, WTP?
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Posted 2006-March-22, 12:28

Echognome, on Mar 22 2006, 12:53 PM, said:

Double. I'm 3-suited. Wtp?

... I need to add some words, to get the message posted,
altough the quoted sentence sums it all up.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 12:34

As sad as I am to go along with the majority, double seems clear...
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Posted 2006-March-22, 13:10

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Clear TO double.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 13:23

Clear Double ... wtp?
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Posted 2006-March-22, 15:11

Maybe 5♣, 4 cards, singleton in diamonds, both majors hidden in case they bid 5♥ or 5♠ over 5♣.
3NT is also an option, not balanced, no diamond stopper, no source of tricks, both majors hidden.
If double was for penalties that could also be fine but I guess is takeout here so it is a problem, I can play in any suit that pd has and I have the values pd will expect for a takeout double so it is doubtful.

So I bid 3♠ showing spades, if pd has 3 spades and 4 hearts he will correct to 4♥ otherwise we can play 5♣. It's the most flexible bid.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 15:35

This must be a multi-part problem, with an actual real question to come, or else this belongs in the beginner thread :)

Anyone who doesn't double is kidding ( see Luis' post) or not a bridge player or is playing some weird conventional treatment.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 15:49

mikeh, on Mar 22 2006, 09:35 PM, said:

This must be a multi-part problem, with an actual real question to come, or else this belongs in the beginner thread :)

Anyone who doesn't double is kidding ( see Luis' post) or not a bridge player or is playing some weird conventional treatment.

3♠ is a great bid and 5♣ is not bad either.
Double might work only if your pd takes out to 4♦ and you pass. Assuming the 3♦ bid is a psyche.
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Posted 2006-March-22, 16:22

luis, on Mar 22 2006, 04:49 PM, said:

mikeh, on Mar 22 2006, 09:35 PM, said:

This must be a multi-part problem, with an actual real question to come, or else this belongs in the beginner thread :)

Anyone who doesn't double is kidding ( see Luis' post) or not a bridge player or is playing some weird conventional treatment.

3♠ is a great bid and 5♣ is not bad either.
Double might work only if your pd takes out to 4♦ and you pass. Assuming the 3♦ bid is a psyche.

What in the name of heck are you talking about??? And what is this problem even doing here?
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Posted 2006-March-24, 11:59

You'd think this thread would be VERY short, since it's soooooooooo clear to Dbl... Doesn't even need any arguments :)
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Posted 2006-March-24, 15:30

X -- what else? Surely P is ruled out and you wouldn't want to bid a 4 card major at the 3 level.

Anyway, since this was posted as a question, I am guessing that some other illogical choice was a big winner in this case?

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Posted 2006-March-24, 16:03

Clear double
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Posted 2006-March-27, 02:20

Dbl of course !
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Posted 2006-March-27, 08:52

It's quite frequent that I read a topic and think "Anything but option a is insane" - option a being double here. It's less frequent that others agree with me :)

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