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  • Re: The re-preempt

    From gazelle@gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) to rec.games.bridge on Wed Dec 11 07:45:59 2019
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.bridge

    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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