Takeout double Or not?
#4
Posted 2021-May-13, 06:14
#6
Posted 2021-May-13, 06:48
#7
Posted 2021-May-13, 06:57
Pilowski 'This hand came up in Speedball Tourney.
When the dust settled, I decided to cop most of the blame,
My question is: What's your call as North in this auction?'
++++++++++++++++++++
I rate
1. Double = T/O. If partner passes ♥Q should prove useful.
2, 3♠ = NAT Good hand good suit. Nullve is usually right but I'd like better intermediates.
3. 2♠ = NAT Undebid.
#8
Posted 2021-May-13, 07:14
nige1, on 2021-May-13, 06:57, said:
Pilowski 'This hand came up in Speedball Tourney.
When the dust settled, I decided to cop most of the blame,
My question is: What's your call as North in this auction?'
++++++++++++++++++++
I rate
1. Double = T/O. If partner passes ♥Q should prove useful.
2, 3♠ = NAT Good hand good suit. Nullve is usually right but I'd like better intermediates.
3. 2♠ = NAT Undebid.
2♠
Not tempted by anything else
The queen of Hearts isn't carrying any weight.
The spade suit is to weak to consider a jump bid.
#9
Posted 2021-May-13, 09:22
nige1, on 2021-May-13, 06:57, said:
Pilowski 'This hand came up in Speedball Tourney.
When the dust settled, I decided to cop most of the blame,
My question is: What's your call as North in this auction?'
++++++++++++++++++++
I rate
1. Double = T/O. If partner passes ♥Q should prove useful.
2, 3♠ = NAT Good hand good suit. Nullve is usually right but I'd like better intermediates.
3. 2♠ = NAT Undebid.
I was a Spade bidder, but double is interesting. Assuming no penalty pass, what would be your planned follow-up Nige1? Would you bid Spades over a Lebensohl response or go with partner's choice of suit?
#10
Posted 2021-May-13, 10:09
Douglas43, on 2021-May-13, 09:22, said:
#11
Posted 2021-May-13, 11:05
#12
Posted 2021-May-13, 12:29
I like the hand, but not THAT much. The spots and lack of intemediates is BAD.
If we're making anything, partner has to find a raise somehow.
Opposite a couple of nasty splits and a broke dummy I might struggle to make even 2.
#17
Posted 2021-May-13, 13:19
#18
Posted 2021-May-13, 15:07
Winstonm, on 2021-May-13, 13:19, said:
2♠, for this reason.
(still learning)
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#19
Posted 2021-May-13, 15:59
#20
Posted 2021-May-13, 17:27
Here's the entire hand and auction. Matchpoints btw.
Earlier that day, my partner sent me a message saying a friend had 'dropped' for tea, so Lebensohl was on my mind.
I thought that the double meant she had a strong hand with no decent 5-card suit to overcall with.
One of the lines that I took away from Lawrence on Takeout Doubles was "a five-card suit is gold".
I know there were 300+ more pages to the book and even stuff not covered, but with that in mind, I assumed my partner lacked a 5-card suit and had lots of points.
The 3♠ bid surprised me, and I assumed North had a strong hand with four chunky spades - so I left it.
Double-dummy suggests 3NT is optimal, but the top 6 pairs were in 4♠+1.
The bidding on the 4♠ tables reflects the results of the poll:
On five tables, West opened 2♥. One person overcalled 3♠, Three people overcalled 2♠, and one person doubled (followed by 3♦ 3♠ 4♠)
West opened 1♥ at two tables, making it easier for NS to reach 4♠.
Afterwards, I decided that since EW and I were all weak, I should have taken my partner to be much stronger than I imagined.
This hand came up in Speedball Tourney.
When the dust settled, I decided to cop most of the blame,
My question is: What's your call as North in this auction?