Once a partnership has located a trump fit during the auction (e.g. -2
),
As a simple example, say you hold:
T9852
AKJ
AQT9
x
You open 1 and partner invites game with
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What are the implications for competitive bidding? In a recent matchpoint game, my partner held:
653
AK
KT32
KJ54
Neither side vulnerable, he opened a natural .
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My partner chose to double, and found the whole deal to be:
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10 easy tricks. At the time I had a lot of sympathy for double. Partner is staring at the AK of trumps, which is a pretty powerful holding. ("Big Slick" in Texas Hold Em, which I've been playing too much lately.) After the session, however, I started thinking that double was a bad idea.
South is expecting some general values from his partner for the AK
Double would have been much more attractive if North had overcalled
A couple weeks after suffering that -590, I found myself in an identical situation. At IMPs, I held:
AK
J9
KT85
QT984
Neither side vulnerable, the auction proceeded:
Partner 1 ![]() Pass |
North 1 ![]() Pass |
Me 2 ![]() ? |
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What should I do with Big Slick in their suit? Deciding to test my little theory, I bid .
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Regardless of the opening lead (and despite partner's putrid 2.5 quick-trick opener), -X.
Hey, I'm not certain
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