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(1♦)-Dbl-(2♦)-2♥;
(3♦)-?
What does double show here? How about 3♥?
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Posted 2011-June-16, 02:33
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Posted 2011-June-16, 02:59
twcho, on 2011-June-16, 02:33, said:
(1♦)-Dbl-(2♦)-2♥;
(3♦)-?
What does double show here? How about 3♥?
(3♦)-?
What does double show here? How about 3♥?
Extras without four hearts. Something like a 4324 16-count. 3♥ shows four hearts.
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Posted 2011-June-16, 06:43
I agree with Gordon, and i have a question.
Can it also be a hand which started with DBL and was planning to bid NT later (19-20 hcp) ? Or shd we bid 3 nt with this now ?
Can it also be a hand which started with DBL and was planning to bid NT later (19-20 hcp) ? Or shd we bid 3 nt with this now ?
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Posted 2011-June-17, 05:37
MrAce, on 2011-June-16, 06:43, said:
I agree with Gordon, and i have a question.
Can it also be a hand which started with DBL and was planning to bid NT later (19-20 hcp) ? Or shd we bid 3 nt with this now ?
Can it also be a hand which started with DBL and was planning to bid NT later (19-20 hcp) ? Or shd we bid 3 nt with this now ?
I think what gordon intended was "extras" with exactly 3 hearts. With 18-19 bal and 3 hearts dble, else bid 3N.
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Posted 2011-June-17, 05:41
You might have no diamond stopper, AKxx Ax xxx AKJx or something. But yeah usually 3 hearts would be the norm.
The important thing is that this is NOT a maximal double, as no fit has been established yet, so it is more useful to use double as a good hand without a sure direction rather than to try and be more precise about what level you bid (another example of strain being more important than level).
The important thing is that this is NOT a maximal double, as no fit has been established yet, so it is more useful to use double as a good hand without a sure direction rather than to try and be more precise about what level you bid (another example of strain being more important than level).
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