[keylime]

I vote "other" - for me, the "feel good" auction are the intricate sequences to a good slam.

With the list given, penalty double, and you KNOW that they are going to suffer. Joy.

[jtfanclub]

Why isn't "When partner opens a Flannery? 2♦" on the list?

[mikeh]

I voted for when I bid blackwood. I use keycard infrequently, compared to most. So when I bid it, I have every expectation of bidding a slam or a grand..even when the response is disappointing, I don't know that when I bid keycard..

Penalty double was my second choice, but sometimes the penalty double is not enjoyable... you double a save, for example, knowing that it is probably a good save, and we are getting a poor result. A penalty double where we have 'got' them feels good, but many doubles lack that level of confidence.

[hrothgar]

I take great joy when the opponents decide to blunder into auctions where my side has announced values and denied a fit...

[ralph23]

When partner makes a penalty double of 7nt, and I'm on opening lead holding an Ace.

[ArtK78]

jtfanclub, on Sep 18 2007, 09:12 AM, said:

Why isn't "When partner opens a Flannery? 2♦" on the list?

To me, it is when partner doesn't open 2♦ Flannery. I hate that convention with a passion.

[skjaeran]

When I know I've made a good decision in a difficult position - whatever that might be.

Of the items on the list partner opening 1NT is OK, since we have reasonably good methods there and partner is a good declarer.

[pclayton]

Hell I just like playing bridge.

[han]

pclayton, on Sep 18 2007, 12:05 PM, said:

Hell I just like playing bridge.

Initially I had "always" on the list but I was afraid that that would be an easy way out.

[awm]

I wonder if all the voters for "penalty double" are making enough penalty doubles...

Obviously it feels great when you know that you got them, but aren't there a lot of doubles where:

(1) It's MP, and you're really not sure if they're going down.

(2) You just made a tough decision to double their sacrifice instead of competing, and aren't really sure you got it right.

(3) Dummy shows up and it looks an awful lot like opponents might make the hand.

(4) Partner pulls the double even though opponents were toast.

[han]

Yep, I was thinking the same Adam. A substantial part of my doubles are tough choices, and I consider myself a conservative doubler.

[Fluffy]

My favourite is when I make a fake bid that turns out well, such as raising partner's clubs with ♣Qxx then using keycard blackwood wich is the only way to find he has exactly ♣AK and count 13 tricks

I hate penalty doubles, I've had many times the same nightmare when I double a stupid high level contract having loads of trumps, but when I lead there is something like a ♦6 at dummy wich is duplicated in my hand and I know the result won't stand.

I voted for partner's rebidding 1NT since is the most accurate bidding we have in our system, with one partner we can even switch to relays.

[BillHiggin]

When I make a penalty double.

Really feel good when I hold a couple of jacks and a stiff spade - RHO opens 1N (p) 2C (p); 2S (p) 3S (p) - with the invitational auction, I know partner holds a very decent hand and a spade stack - when opener accepted, I doubled. As declarer misguessed each critical suit/card in turn, I just kept feeling better and better

[matmat]

when i pass with a hand that i know is supposed to pass. flawless.

[rbforster]

When I pass my partner's takeout double! Don't you guys play takeout doubles? Maybe all these people who "feel good" about making penalty doubles do so just because there are so few penalty situations left in modern methods.

[ycos]

When i pass 1 or 2X for penalty and my partner DBL .

[helene_t]

My favorites are those when our system seems to give us an advantage. But I voted "when RHO preempts". This is one of the few situations in which I think my judgement is better than that of the field.

Also I like auctions that start with an overcall, either by me or by partners. We play more solid overcalls than most of the field so we lose on those hands where we fail to overcall but win on those where we do. Also I think we have better mutual understandings of the follow-ups than most of the field.