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#1 User is offline   Antrax 

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Posted 2012-June-22, 23:10

Matchpoints, no vul. Your partner deals.
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Posted 2012-June-22, 23:58

Double. Cooperative; ptr can pull if weaker than expected amd/or has a 5th H. 4-3-3-3 hands like to defend. It's a bit risky, of course, but it's matchpoints and I like my chances of defeating it.
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Posted 2012-June-23, 00:38

Since partner is a passed hand, we don't hold half or more of the deck. My ♦ holding will play well on defense, but is NOT an asset when partner chooses to pull an play at the 3-level. I pass.
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Posted 2012-June-23, 00:42

Partner is a passed hand. You have already forced them to the three level. You have definitely done enough.
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Posted 2012-June-23, 09:24

View Postperko90, on 2012-June-22, 23:58, said:

Double. Cooperative; ptr can pull if weaker than expected amd/or has a 5th H. 4-3-3-3 hands like to defend. It's a bit risky, of course, but it's matchpoints and I like my chances of defeating it.


A good rule in these cases is when we are over the bidder that double is penalty, not takeout, or cooperative. On this auction there's a reasonable chance we can have a trump stack when LHO and partner are short. KQx isn't a 'stack' unless its against a slam.

I'd pass but I'm a chicken in these kinds of situations.
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Posted 2012-June-23, 13:14

I like a partner to bump (em up) and run.

Hanging your pard for this good passed hand effort would discourage that in the future even if it works this time.
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Posted 2012-June-24, 00:20

Okay, thanks. The correct move was indeed cowardice, I instead doubled for blood, expecting them to be in a misfit with half the deck. They comfortably made 4 in their ten card fit as I was held to exactly the three tricks I was looking at to begin with. Declarer was 1=2=7=3 with aces over all my partner's kings :(
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