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- The Monroe Doctrine
- Abstained because there was no option for "all of the above".
- DOUBLE DOUBLE DOUBLE !
- After a somewhat similar auction, where the opponents had bid three suits naturally and partner repeatedly doubled, I passed on the assumption that he had about 20hcp and planned on beating them. Describing the situation at BW, I was told by several well-known posters that the double was certainly take-out ...
- Multi Question
- The simplest explanation is to say that "partner wants to play 2♠ if I have a weak two in spades" - leave it at that. Let them figure the rest out for themselves.
- How should/would this hand be bid?
- Even at red I might start with 5♣. After that, nobody knows who is making what, and the final contract is probably a dice-roll at the 6 level.
- Spring NABC and Multi Stories - Part 1
- The opponents don't have to explain their whole defence to the multi to you. But hesitations are a problem no matter what that defence is. I think it is pretty clear that North's repeated hesitations suggest that South should bid. And he should therefore pass.
- Calling the Director
- Quite right. I don't direct, currently, but I used to, and I can confirm that people who were upset when I left the table were upset before I got there. Every time.
- Deepest First Round Finesse Possible?
- A few years ago I managed a true finesse leading the 5 from dummy and everyone following suit. I don't have the hand record, but the contract was 5♦ doubled, with the trump stack on my right, so I knew the deep finesse would probably work, but I ...
- Beer on Tap
- The best way to do it is to arrange your hand appropriately, and then place the whole hand face down. Then you turn over the cards from the top of the pile, one at a time.
- BBO Watching - a hand that deserves to be shown
- With one partner I play Muppet Stayman, so we would be in danger of perpetrating a similar auction. I think actually it was OK up to the final pass - they should have been in 6NT like the other table. But then we would have been deprived of such an inspired ...
- Basic 2/1 Question
- Indeed. My preference is to play 1D-2C as not GF, ever, and to play the sequences 1M-2m; 2any-3sm; as showing the invitational hands that are otherwise somewhat problematic. I chose the second poll option, but that doesn't really cover it.
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