Anything to get worked up about?
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at
8:59 pm
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Before passing over the double of 2 , your RHO asks you what the double means. You reply "We don't have an explicit agreement but I think it is penalties."
You then bid 2 over the double anyway, in spite of the fact that you have a perfectly good defensive hand if partner's double was penalties.
2 was making an overtrick, 3 goes one off.
Partner has a 4=5=2=2 distribution and intended it as take-out.
You are a very experienced expert player, not playing in your regular partnership.
Which of the following do you think applies to you:
a) It's true you weren't entirely sure about the double, but your explanation was blatant coffee-housing designed purely to try and stop your RHO competing over 2H
b) Your explanation was entirely accurate, but you decided that you didn't want to risk partner having a different idea about the double and 2H should be a decent matchpoint spot even opposite a penalty double of diamonds
c) The fact that your RHO cared about the meaning of the double indicated that he has diamond support, and that led you to have a rethink about the meaning of the double.
As a TD, would you (now a different 'you') say anything?
