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#21 User is offline   rhm 

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Posted 2014-December-22, 11:47

View Postthe hog, on 2014-December-21, 22:15, said:

The 4S "bidder" held
AKQxx x AQxx xxx and bought
xxxx xx KJxx QTx in dummy. The CQ was the 10th trick.

DBL after a raise of partner's suit should be considered optional whenever Pass would not have been forcing.
In such scenarios DBL simply shows a good hand in light of previous bids, exactly what West got.
This is much more useful than showing a trump stack.
Assuming West doubled 4♠, with the hand East held Pass is a common error in judgment.
Holding mainly heart honors East should have bid 5♥

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Posted 2014-December-22, 13:08

I am puzzled by south's actions... 5 spades??
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Posted 2014-December-22, 16:17

View PostFluffy, on 2014-December-22, 13:08, said:

I am puzzled by south's actions... 5 spades??

Rod Stewart can explain... ;)

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Posted 2014-December-22, 18:38

View PostFluffy, on 2014-December-22, 13:08, said:

I am puzzled by south's actions... 5 spades??

Believe me I was as well.
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Posted 2014-December-23, 00:24

Maybe

x
AKQJx
xxxx
Jxx

is a preempt. I would have opened 1H but I have poor results with opening these no defense hand. Hyper concentration of pts at this vul might be a good excuse to preempt. I usually disagree about pulling the double unless we made an error with the opening wich might be the case here.
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Posted 2014-December-24, 04:31

that's definitely a pree for me (in 3rd seat)
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Posted 2014-December-25, 02:20

East was in first seat.
From Psych "I mean, Gus and I never see eye-to-eye on work stuff.
For instance, he doesn't like being used as a human shield when we're being shot at.
I happen to think it's a very noble way to meet one's maker, especially for a guy like him.
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