Timeline for Should I have made a takeout double in the situation?
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| Jul 20, 2014 at 2:25 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @TomAu: What was the agreed upon meaning of a double by partner in this scenario? If take-out of Clubs, then East's denial of game interest and your shortness indicated that partner had less than 8 points and you should pass. If penalty then your shortness an then your partner either has club length with weakness, or just weakness, and you should still pass. After you open 1NT partner is Captain - respect his denial of points.. | |
| Jul 19, 2014 at 23:31 | comment | added | Tom Au | FWIW, the opponents' 23 points were divided something like 12 and 11, not 23-0. I think I inferred from East's pass that my partner had a few points. | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 0:27 | comment | added | ruds | I feel that you are overstating your case. Certainly it is not unusual to play takeout by opener in this situation. Perhaps that is only reasonable in conjunction with good methods. For example, playing lebensohl with negative doubles, I think you should double with this hand to protect partner's ability to penalize with a club stack, or to play a reasonable partscore when partner was unable to act with a weak hand and 4=1=4=4 shape. Playing lebensohl with penalty doubles, this hand should double to play a reasonable partscore when partner can't act with two 4-card suits without a game force. | |
| Jul 17, 2014 at 21:53 | history | answered | Forget I was ever here | CC BY-SA 3.0 |