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#1 User is offline   thomas c 

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Posted 2014-July-06, 15:52

what does the x by east on the third bid mean? the player was mad cause her partner passed. this was a
pickup team game. anyhow east left stating he thought it was an expert game.
it is obvious west should have raised hearts at first bid but i really dont know what the double means.
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Posted 2014-July-06, 15:57

View Postthomas c, on 2014-July-06, 15:52, said:

what does the x by east on the third bid mean? the player was mad cause her partner passed. this was a
pickup team game. anyhow east left stating he thought it was an expert game.
it is obvious west should have raised hearts at first bid but i really dont know what the double means.



Perhaps you should show the auction.
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Posted 2014-July-06, 16:50

View Postinquiry, on 2014-July-06, 15:57, said:

Perhaps you should show the auction.

Where's the fun in that? ;)
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Posted 2014-July-07, 04:33

Double shows cards, 13 of them to be precise.
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Posted 2014-July-07, 04:40

View Postmanudude03, on 2014-July-07, 04:33, said:

Double shows cards, 13 of them to be precise.


I usually say 12-14 cards in this situation after a good natured director call when the auction went 1♠-X-2♠ which was explained as 13 cards and I proceded to put only 12 on the table.
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Posted 2014-July-07, 05:31

aguahombre will say it is penalty and that these days all the doubles are takeout and how stupid that is, some other people will agree, whereagles will quote R/S saying it is takeout. There will be a small pointless disagreement between gnasher and gwnn on whether cards/optional double is a better name for this. Gszes will write something with a lot of ))))))))))).
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