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What should I Bid? - Best enquiry for October 2008 The best submission for October came from Ian Afflick. Hand 1: IMPS, All vulnerable, dealer West, I was East:
*ReDbl shows an honour in clubs Comments: I envisaged a good hand with at least 3-3 in
the majors for the 3 A few hands later: Hand 2: IMPS, All vulnerable, dealer West, I was East:
*2 Comments: 4 Should I pass in the first instance and, if necessary, back in with a takeout
double over 3 What is my bid if I pass and partner reopens with a double over 2 If, over my double, LHO bids 3 If I pass, LHO bids 3 Should partner bounce to 4 Nothing makes again except 3NT on a diamond lead only. Sartaj's Reply: Hi Ian, Let me start by saying 1 Double is supposed to promise both majors but waiting for that perfect, both major hand can be a very long wait. Hand 1 Your start with a double sounds like a reasonable plan (2 So, all in all, I have no solution to this auction on these sets of hands. I
think partner's 3 Hand 2 I like the double as we have shortage in their suit. Like you point out, we
don't live in a perfect world. Partner needs to be a bit sympathetic to this
given auction and provide some flexibility by jumping to 3 If, over your double, LHO bids 3 I would like to point out that in my regular partnership with Tony Nunn, we have had enough nightmares with such sort of hands that we now play after both these auctions that double is a general values bid over which 2NT rebid by opener is forcing, followed by stayman and transfers. So 1 Sometimes we end up overbidding to games without many points but usually we play in the right strain. Tough questions!
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