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Negative double To do it or not to do it?

Poll: Do you double? (39 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you use a negative double in this situaton?

  1. Yes, I'd double (24 votes [61.54%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 61.54%

  2. No, I wouldn't double (15 votes [38.46%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 38.46%

  3. I'd bid 2 Hearts! (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. Something else (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   Hanoi5 

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Posted 2012-February-03, 16:08

Teams, all white:

♠T932
♥KQ876
♦T2
♣T3

It goes:

Pa-Pa-1♦-2♣
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You don't play negative free bids.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2012-February-03, 19:21

I do not play NFB, and I'm a King short for X. Easy pass.
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Posted 2012-February-03, 20:41

At the two level, this is a bit light for a negative double. I pass, unhappily.
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Posted 2012-February-04, 01:48

This is a close poll and I'm on the side of the passers. Something is wrong, I need to rethink because I usually think that the passers have it wrong.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2012-February-04, 02:12

I would X. We have 9 cards in the majors, and enough values to compete for a partscore. If partner pulls in 2D, or, god forbid, passes, then I'll take my lumps like a man.
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Posted 2012-February-04, 07:55

Han you are so conservative. I would double. But I might need to rethink because usually when han passes its right!
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Posted 2012-February-05, 14:28

Easy dbl for me. Might backfire, but...
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Posted 2012-February-05, 15:56

The choices are problematic because they're not mutually exclusive: if you bid 2♥ you don't double (answers 2 & 3); if you do something else you don't double (answers 2 & 4).
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Posted 2012-February-05, 17:07

I double.

My doubletons in the minors give me a little protection....just enough, imo, to justify the aggressive choice
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Posted 2012-February-05, 17:23

Very surprised at Han's pass. I thought I would be the only one who thought it was just a tick short of a double.
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Posted 2012-February-05, 23:52

mikeh bids and han passes, the world is exploding
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Posted 2012-February-06, 01:26

View PostJLOGIC, on 2012-February-05, 23:52, said:

mikeh bids and han passes, the world is exploding


Han is getting old, Mikeh started bidding more agressively after BB :P
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Posted 2012-February-06, 03:28

I would double. Perhaps the nice spots in Spades and the ♦10 will compensate for shortage of values.
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Posted 2012-February-06, 04:15

I guess Han is passing because the cold makes him conservative?
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Posted 2012-February-06, 11:17

View Postgwnn, on 2012-February-06, 04:15, said:

I guess Han is passing because the cold makes him conservative?


Han passed because he is a member of SGP and keeps a poster of Kees van der Staaij above the headboard of his bed. :)
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