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Second Verse, Same as the First

#1 User is offline   Bbradley62 

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Posted 2015-December-23, 08:11


I'd like to suggest that my second action should show something more than my first action did.

I'd also like to ask what I should have done with my hand. (4NT over 3♠ was undefined, in case that occurs to anyone, and it didn't occur to me to preview the meaning of a second double.)
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Posted 2015-December-23, 16:25

I agree on all counts. Certainly forcing to the 5 level is stronger than doubling 3S. And I would have bid it exactly as you did. 4NT seems perfect, lots of offense, more minor suit orientation than a second double would imply.
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Posted 2015-December-23, 18:55

Agree to the points raised.

Separate issue, I don't like that X denies a 5th Heart.
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Posted 2015-December-23, 19:47

View PostBbradley62, on 2015-December-23, 08:11, said:

(4NT over 3♠ was undefined, in case that occurs to anyone, and it didn't occur to me to preview the meaning of a second double.)


Yes.

All of 4NT over opening bids at one level are undefined.
All of 4NT over opening bids at three level are undefined.

Let's listen to what Barmar said :

View Postbarmar, on 2015-July-23, 12:14, said:

Programming the rules for bidding is incredibly complicated. The part of GIB that implements its bidding rules is over 6,000 lines in an incredibly compact language (not including over 2500 lines of comments explaining what's going on in the code lines).

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