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Jinksy, on 2016-November-26, 05:05, said:
The full hand:
A little light for a double of 1NT?
Forcing pass makes more sense if this is what you can expect.
Your call
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Posted 2016-November-28, 15:27
A little light for a double of 1NT?
Forcing pass makes more sense if this is what you can expect.
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Posted 2016-November-28, 15:32
Jinksy, on 2016-November-26, 19:12, said:
I reread your comment, and I think you're saying when they were making 1Nx, they run and we stick our neck in the noose again by having a forcing pass?
If so then sure, that's a downside of playing a forcing pass, and I can believe it's better not to. But I just don't think it's anywhere near as bad as you say. They normally don't know any better than we do when they run (or they wouldn't have run), so getting doubled and taken for 300+ is very rare. I can think of at least one near top-tier UK player who plays this method, so I assume he's had good experiences with it (and probably more of them than players of equivalent strength in countries where the weak NT is less prevalent).
If so then sure, that's a downside of playing a forcing pass, and I can believe it's better not to. But I just don't think it's anywhere near as bad as you say. They normally don't know any better than we do when they run (or they wouldn't have run), so getting doubled and taken for 300+ is very rare. I can think of at least one near top-tier UK player who plays this method, so I assume he's had good experiences with it (and probably more of them than players of equivalent strength in countries where the weak NT is less prevalent).
A lot of the time they run to 2M where the pass is not forcing.
We play this method too, but with the strong hand's double being penalties.