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You're white, they're red:
♠QJT9x
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♦A9xxx
♣9xx
Pa-1♣-1♥-1♠
2♥-Pa-Pa-???
You're not playing support doubles so partner can have 0-3 spades, do you balance? If you do, how?
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The Balancing Position What would you do?
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Posted 2011-April-14, 10:09
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
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Posted 2011-April-14, 10:18
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If you do, how?
Double
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Posted 2011-April-14, 11:29
Now that I have read the auction correctly:
Partner will not have 3 card support if 1S promised 5. Partner did not bid 2S, so we have the choice of double or 2NT. Double might get left in, and doubling with a void is just too dangerous.
2NT is not natural in our world, when the opps have bid and raised a suit. By inference, it should show pretty much exactly this distribution, and opener can knowingly choose the correct minor.
Partner will not have 3 card support if 1S promised 5. Partner did not bid 2S, so we have the choice of double or 2NT. Double might get left in, and doubling with a void is just too dangerous.
2NT is not natural in our world, when the opps have bid and raised a suit. By inference, it should show pretty much exactly this distribution, and opener can knowingly choose the correct minor.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
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Posted 2011-April-14, 11:55
Did 1♠ show 5+? So partner doesn't have three, support double or not.
This is pretty annoying spot. Double seems bit scary since partner holds 4♥ and might try to penalize quite often in these zones and I don't like my defenses. I'm not actually quite sure what is 2NT here? Until I know, I go with double but I don't like it too much.
This is pretty annoying spot. Double seems bit scary since partner holds 4♥ and might try to penalize quite often in these zones and I don't like my defenses. I'm not actually quite sure what is 2NT here? Until I know, I go with double but I don't like it too much.
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