Your partner Doubles his RHO's (Declarer) opening bid of (a pre-emptive 3 clubs.  What would expect to see in your partner's hand?
						
						
						
					
					
				
		
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				Posted 2023-March-17, 13:54
						If you are playing (3x) X as take out I expect a strong hand with support for the other suits, invitational + , or a single suit too strong to bid at the 3or4 level
						
						
						
					
					
						
	"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly. MikeH
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If you are my partner, please never tell me "I play the rule of (insert #)"
					
				"100% certain that many excellent players would disagree. This is far more about style/judgment than right vs. wrong." Fred
If you are my partner, please never tell me "I play the rule of (insert #)"
				
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				Posted 2023-March-17, 14:22
jillybean, on 2023-March-17, 13:54, said:
If you are playing (3x) X as take out I expect a strong hand with support for the other suits, invitational + , or a single suit too strong to bid at the 3or4 level
4 level may not be available for some suits, whether you play 4♦ as LM might also influence whether you can have 5♦/5M intending ELC
				
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				Posted 2023-March-17, 14:23
euclidz, on 2023-March-17, 13:52, said:
Your partner Doubles his RHO's (Declarer) opening bid of (a pre-emptive 3 clubs.  What would expect to see in your partner's hand?
A hand similar to a hand, that would make a T/O of a 1C opening.
	With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
					
				Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
				
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				Posted 2023-March-17, 15:11
						Thanks  . . .  I took it as a hand with opening points 0, 1 or max of 2 small clubs and the other suits.
						
						
						
					
					
				
				
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				Posted 2023-March-17, 15:19
euclidz, on 2023-March-17, 15:11, said:
Thanks  . . .  I took it as a hand with opening points 0, 1 or max of 2 small clubs and the other suits.
Reasonable, the more you stray from this, the bigger hand you need (what are you going to do with a balanced 27 with 3 clubs ?)
The auction you need to discuss is 3♣-X-P-3/4♥-P-3/4♠ as to whether this can just be ♦/♠ and not show extra values.
				
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				Posted 2023-June-30, 05:10
P_Marlowe, on 2023-March-17, 14:23, said:
A  hand similar to a hand, that would make a T/O of a 1C opening.
Except with a couple of hand types removed. Most big balanced hands that would have doubled and then bid NT over 1♣ will overcall 3NT; and the GOSH (good one-suited hand) hand type just bids the suit at an appropriate level, since after a preempt, "X then bid" shows a good flexible hand rather than a one-suiter.
	
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