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Frances: I do think that what you wrote was sensible. I guess I should have begun with confirming that. But my partner said he would play the double to show they have the weak version.
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Normally, partner is going to lead one of the unbid suits. If you double when you'd like the lead of one of the unbid suits, you definitely decrease your chances because you bring 2 other suits into the picture. I'd go as far as claiming that you make him impossible to find the desired lead.
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This was a tournament played on tablets and the convention card was submitted in an electronic way. It could be invoked by the click of a button. Unfortunately, by the time you can see that button you have already seen your hand.
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I can't be prepared for everything that might come up, even less with a casual partner. The 2♣ bid was just an example, it could have been 2♥ meaning long clubs or anything.
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Craig, I am not convinced that doubling 4♠ is safe. E.g. you may talk them out of bidding the slam if they have no control in the suit (good pairs have a way to deal with the situation).
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A slightly different alternative (after 1m-1M-2M): - 2NT and 3m: invitational with 4 cards in M. 3m may be bid even with 3-card support because you never (?) raise on 3M without 5+m. - 3M and 3 in the suit below M: random game tries with 5+M (with 3M being more distributional but you can assign your own meanings to the bids) - by elimination this gives that the relay is the lowest unbid suit, 2♠ with hearts, 3♣* with spades. Now the relay is forcing to game because you woud have chosen between 2NT and 3m with an invitational hand.
*Why 3♣, you ask? Because over 1♣ we play transfer responses and never raise on 3…
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If I bid 4♣ immediately with a hand too good to pass 3NT then what do I do over partner's 4NT? Drive to slam on my own? No, I have to cue-bid first then bid 4♣ to show slam interest. That is why the sequence does not imply a spade control.
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In my opinion the double was not very slow. But South could expect something very unusual because upon seeing 6♠ hit the table East made a very loud exclamation such as ‘goodness me’ (hard to translate from Hungarian).
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It's difficult for me to answer your question, I am very bad at assessing these delays. North did admit to the double being slow and West pushed the tray over immediately, at least South did not say otherwise when asked.
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But my partner said he would play the double to show they have the weak version.
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I think that is just what players of these conventions want to achieve: we don't disturb their strong openings.
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- 2NT and 3m: invitational with 4 cards in M. 3m may be bid even with 3-card support because you never (?) raise on 3M without 5+m.
- 3M and 3 in the suit below M: random game tries with 5+M (with 3M being more distributional but you can assign your own meanings to the bids)
- by elimination this gives that the relay is the lowest unbid suit, 2♠ with hearts, 3♣* with spades. Now the relay is forcing to game because you woud have chosen between 2NT and 3m with an invitational hand.
*Why 3♣, you ask? Because over 1♣ we play transfer responses and never raise on 3…
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