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re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder?
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re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/05/03 00:30 With nobody vulnerable you hold s QT9853 h 42 d JT c AKQ and open 1s playing 5 card majors and negative doubles. LHO overcalls 2h and this is passed roud to you. What do you bid? I said that double is 'automatic' with this hand, but only one other out of the club of 40 people agreed with me and everybody else said (did) bid 2s. I think that 2s is a terrible bid.
Are 95% of the club wrong?
Help me out here, somebody, please?



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/05/04 22:09 Double is "automatic" only at IMPs. the payoff when partner has a heart stack is too big to ignore. at pairs, however, you should be scared of playing a 5-2 or 4-3 minor contract at the 3 level. Not too scared, however, as partner will more often than not, bid 2S after the double - even with just 2 spades.
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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/05/29 15:49

With such a weak hand and no other suit, double is not automatic but is probably better than 2s. Unless rho is excessively cautious opposite a partner known for maverick bids, partner must surely hold enough for a negative double. So if he doesn't speak, he must hold hearts. The only thing you have to ask yourself is whether your opening values were sufficient to justify the reopening double. Playing 5 card majors, I'd do it.
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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/05/30 08:47

Looks like a fairly close decision to me. I'd lean towards double only if playing with a partner who I trusted to handle reopening-double auctions well; with most pickup partners I'd feel obligated to bid 2S to avoid possible disaster.

It may be that your poll indicates you have a lot of casual partnerships at your club, rather than a lot of bad players, necessarily.



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/05/31 09:52 Siegmund wrote:


It may be that your poll indicates you have a lot of casual partnerships at your club, rather than a lot of bad players, necessarily.

Not sure I got your point...



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/06/01 10:41

I think the decision is not close. The sp suit is not nearly as good as it should be , the hand is balanced and we have some quick tricks. if partner leaves the dbl in ; its ok if not 2 sp is a good spot



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/06/01 10:44

And just one more snag : Who was the dealer?



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/08/10 17:20 Double. Automatic at any form of scoring (assuming that partner undrestands negative doubles and the need for the re-opening double). Where are the h's? Partner is almost certainly sitting there with a heart stack.



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2007/08/11 09:39 That's right.



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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2008/11/07 13:08 This is probably the most difficult seuence for opener to re-open
If partner has a heart stack he does not have the values to bid 2NT
So probably a max 9 count and 1 spade
The correct bid is pass, or if you must, bid 2 spades
The point is opener should have good values or be distributional
Partner rightly opened with an 11 count and 6 spades & 5 clubs
and chose to re-open with a double, I bid my 6 point 6 card diamond suit and partner bid 4 clubs, disaster, I was [1.4.6.2]
no stop
So generally re-open with suit or new suit if distributional or x with good values and support in unbid suits, or x then bid new suit to show good values and distribution.
So in my example partner could have bid 2 spades/3 clubs/or my preference pass [did I mention we were vunerable]
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re:re-opening double or rebid a 6-carder? - 2008/11/07 19:18 Hi Rodger, welcome here Great info. Thank you very mucht !



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