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How often do you remove a takeout double of 4♥ to 4♠ on a 4 card suit? This has been always an area that I wasn't sure about.
There are several auctions here, does it make a difference which one we're talking about?
4♥-p-p-x; p-?
4♥-x-p-?
1♥-p-4♥-x; p-?
2/3♥-p-4♥-x; p-?
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removing 4hx to 4s
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Posted 2011-March-07, 03:31
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2011-March-07, 05:29
I tend to bid 4♠, except some specific cases like:
1. I have slow tricks in ♥s.
2. I am very weak and we are VUL against NV.
1. I have slow tricks in ♥s.
2. I am very weak and we are VUL against NV.
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Posted 2011-March-07, 06:18
1H - p - 4H - Double you should pull most often.
For the doubles of 4H openings:
With 4 hearts to an honor I would pass. With a defensive 3-card heart holding I would also pass. With 3 hearts and enough tricks that I know 4HX goes for a number, I would also often pass. With most other hands I would pull.
For the doubles of 4H openings:
With 4 hearts to an honor I would pass. With a defensive 3-card heart holding I would also pass. With 3 hearts and enough tricks that I know 4HX goes for a number, I would also often pass. With most other hands I would pull.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2011-March-07, 09:07
What Han said sounds like what i usually do.
"Genius has its own limitations, however stupidity has no such boundaries!"
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
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Posted 2011-March-07, 11:13
pass this x only under rare circumstances. If the opps wrap 4h on you p will become ultra conservative. The only time I consider passing the x is when I have a heart holding simlar to Kxxx QJx KJx or better and little to nothing outside hearts. P can be incredibly strong for any of these x and passing and missing slam with outside tricks and 3 small hearts is a recipe for disaster.
a word of caution, with a holding similar to Ax of hearts and out you will probably still be better off bidding 4s due to that one ace massively improving the odds of a slam for your side.
a word of caution, with a holding similar to Ax of hearts and out you will probably still be better off bidding 4s due to that one ace massively improving the odds of a slam for your side.
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