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Re: Double or overcall?

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On 02/12/2025 10:56, James Dow Allen wrote:
> 
> Is this group completely defunct?  :-(
> 

It only gets a post once in a blue moon nowadays.

> 
> RHO opens 1 Club and you hold
>      AQJ  KTx  K8xxx xx
> Do you call 1 Diamond or make a Takeout Double?
> 
> I like to have at least one 4-card major when I double, but would do it
> here anyway.
> My Diamond suit is horrible, and I'd be delighted to hear partner show a major.
> If partner has xx Qxxxx Txx AQx and hears me bid 1 Diamond I expect him to
> raise and NOT introduce Hearts.  No?

That does seems likely, but even so I'd sooner bid 1D than double. Alter 
partner's hand slightly and give them
   xx Qxxx 10xxx AQx
and now they are likely to respond to a double by bidding hearts, which 
is unlikely to end well.

> 
> But the consensus at BrudgeBase seemed to be that overcalling in the 5-card suit
>   -- even a lousy suit like this one -- is almost automatic.
It would be interesting to put it to a bidding panel of experts and see 
what they came up with.
-- 
John Hall

      You can divide people into two categories:
      those who divide people into two categories and those who don't

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Double or overcall? James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-12-02 10:56 +0000
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