[aguahombre]

aguahombre, on 2013-May-28, 09:36, said:

100 percent for double ...(but).. afraid we might sell out to 3S over our 3H for no difference.

Codo, on 2013-May-28, 15:51, said:

If it is a partscore battle, you may be outgunned by the spades anyway...

ggwhiz, on 2013-May-28, 20:14, said:

I'm not seeing you bidding game on this one without scaring your pard out of making competitive bids in the future.

655321, on 2013-May-28, 20:57, said:

Agree with those who say that 2♦ is wrong rather than being a matter of style...(But)....
Having said all this, I can't say I would get to 4♥ either, particularly if they raise to 3♠ immediately.

So, actually, we had a constructive debate about the virtues of an original double versus 2D overcall in a thread where we were asked to assess blame; and, it seems that we didn't accomplish an assessment of blame for defending 3S after all.

However, it is possible that the double might have created a fortunate variance and a better result.

Remembering the opponents do have ten trumps between them:

(1S) X (3S) ? ---if 4th chair gets froggy and takes a shot at 4H (thinking we have 9 hearts), we could get lucky playing it there or pushing them to one more, down 2. This would not happen after the 2D overcall.

[ahydra]

aguahombre, on 2013-May-28, 22:48, said:

So, actually, we had a constructive debate about the virtues of an original double versus 2D overcall in a thread where we were asked to assess blame; and, it seems that we didn't accomplish an assessment of blame for defending 3S after all.

However, it is possible that the double might have created a fortunate variance and a better result.

Remembering the opponents do have ten trumps between them:

(1S) X (3S) ? ---if 4th chair gets froggy and takes a shot at 4H (thinking we have 9 hearts), we could get lucky playing it there or pushing them to one more, down 2. This would not happen after the 2D overcall.

Not to worry - it's very rare that my threads get 20 replies, so I'm grateful for everyone's input. I was North and, looking at this again, I have no clue why I didn't double on the second round. Partner might well have punted 4H over that, though he is the conservative type (particularly at MPs) so we would probably still end up defending 3S.

X rather than 2D has the advantage that partner might just come in over 3S. Next time I get a hand like this, I'll try X rather than overcall and see if it works any better

ahydra