[CSGibson]

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Action or inaction?

[paulg]

Double looks normal.

[lycier]

It is a standard hand for takeout,why inaction?

[akhare]

I would rather come in now than guess what to do over 1N+.

[nige1]

CSGibson, on 2013-November-18, 04:01, said:

Action or inaction?

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IMO Double = 10, Pass = 9 (if 1♣ natural -- but if 1♣ can be 2 or 3 cards, then prefer Pass to Double).

[JLOGIC]

lol at first I thought they opened 1S and was like wtf are these comments.

Agree with totally normal X of 1C.

[CSGibson]

Our table

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Garozzo's table

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Win 6

I kind of thought that this was a slightly pushy but normal double also, but since Garozzo passed, I wanted to check.

[JLOGIC]

CSGibson, on 2013-November-19, 14:45, said:

I kind of thought that this was a slightly pushy but normal double also, but since Garozzo passed, I wanted to check.

It's kind of cool that the Italian Blue Team is generally credited for being the first to realize that you could make takeout doubles on stranger shapes which are now considered normal (3442 14 count over 1S, 4333 hands etc), and the importance of competing early with ~opening hands via a takeout double. Now we see Garozzo passing a hand that most modern experts would double.

[lycier]

CSGibson, on 2013-November-19, 14:45, said:

Our table

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Garozzo's table

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Win 6

I kind of thought that this was a slightly pushy but normal double also, but since Garozzo passed, I wanted to check.

I help you to show hand pictures.