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In article <qjsj9e$lc$1@douglasnewlands.eternal-september.org>,
Douglas Newlands <douglas.newlands@gmail.com> wrote (quoting someone else): >On 25/8/19 8:53 am, asrl07@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

This is the one that the weaker players seem to do, opening three
of something then raising themself to four. This strategy, although
generally viewed as unsound, can pay off sometimes.

Game all:

7
K943
T976
J852

One of my worst hands of the evening.

N E S W
3S X
P 4H 4S X
AP

Partner must have a powerful hand to double twice, but even so, I
think she is going to struggle in 5H, so decided to try for the
penalty. This turned out to be the second doubled cold contract we
gave the opponents that evening. The full layout:

North's hand was:

A63
Q862
KJ
QT76

North should have bid 4S at his first turn.
I wonder if that would have changed the end result any.
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I love the poorly educated.
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