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A Tricky Situation

#21 User is offline   Zelandakh 

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Posted 2016-April-25, 10:14

View Postbillw55, on 2016-April-25, 10:10, said:

Vulnerable, with both opponents bidding and partner passing, I would say it is pretty sketchy, if not quite daft. There are a lot of gaps in that hand.

We will make an Englishman of you yet Bill, that was quite the understatement! ;)
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Posted 2016-April-25, 10:15

View Postggwhiz, on 2016-April-22, 15:51, said:

My own rule is to never pull such a double unless it is to something you think you can make, At least come close as you never lose the post-mortem after passing.


Yes. It is fairly pointless to exchange your -790 for -800.

But in truth, you can sometimes pull to a decent sacrifice, especially at favourable.
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Posted 2016-April-25, 12:09

View PostZelandakh, on 2016-April-25, 10:14, said:

We will make an Englishman of you yet Bill, that was quite the understatement! ;)

I guess I play in the MBC too much. I figured, at least he had a six card suit ...
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Posted 2016-April-25, 13:03

View Postbillw55, on 2016-April-25, 12:09, said:

I guess I play in the MBC too much. I figured, at least he had a six card suit ...

Yeah, in yesterday's BBF Indy, one of my partners made a 4-card overcall. His suit was QJTx -- not my personal style but I can just barely accept it. But after I just made a simple raise, he competed to the 3 level.

By comparison, East with that hand was quite conservative. :)

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Posted 2016-April-25, 13:38

View Post1eyedjack, on 2016-April-25, 06:41, said:

I spend a lot of time playing with and against robots on BBO, which can certainly warp your sense of judgement. But I observe that GIB pulls penalty doubles with abandon.


And passes takeout doubles even more often.
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Posted 2016-April-25, 16:02

View PostVampyr, on 2016-April-25, 10:15, said:

Yes. It is fairly pointless to exchange your -790 for -800.

But in truth, you can sometimes pull to a decent sacrifice, especially at favourable.


It is also fairly harmless to exchange -800 for -790, you get a square zero instead of a round one.
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Posted 2016-April-25, 16:08

View Postmikestar13, on 2016-April-25, 16:02, said:

It is also fairly harmless to exchange -800 for -790, you get a square zero instead of a round one.

A bottom is a bottom and the size of the bottom is irrelevant (!) :)
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Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)


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Posted 2016-May-02, 12:07

View PostPhilG007, on 2016-April-25, 16:08, said:

A bottom is a bottom and the size of the bottom is irrelevant (!) :)

Kim Kardashian would disagree. ;)
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Posted 2016-May-02, 14:25

View PostJonnyQuest, on 2016-May-02, 12:07, said:

Kim Kardashian would disagree. ;)

That was a 'bum' answer (!) :P
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
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Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)


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