http://oldprofbridge.com/2006/07/27/an-instructive-hand/ Contract Bridge Themes with a Midwest Accent! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://oldprofbridge.com/2006/07/27/an-instructive-hand/#comment-82 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:31:34 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2006/07/27/an-instructive-hand/#comment-82 Jeff's ethical strategy probably makes his partners more comfortable. It is tough to find a strategy that plays well when the opponents, without benefit of evidence that occurs elsewhere, attack you when a slightly unusual action works against them. I think this is a great double. You have to be alert and aggressive to come out of this passive situation with an attacking move that will cost you something if wrong. Also, this is an area that most partnerships have not developed confidence (ie. is rdbl strong, weak, or optional) so mishandling of the dbl by the opponents increases the odds of success (or decreases the cost of failure). Jeff’s ethical strategy probably makes his partners more comfortable. It is tough to find a strategy that plays well when the opponents, without benefit of evidence that occurs elsewhere, attack you when a slightly unusual action works against them.
I think this is a great double. You have to be alert and aggressive to come out of this passive situation with an attacking move that will cost you something if wrong. Also, this is an area that most partnerships have not developed confidence (ie. is rdbl strong, weak, or optional) so mishandling of the dbl by the opponents increases the odds of success (or decreases the cost of failure).

]]> http://oldprofbridge.com/2006/07/27/an-instructive-hand/#comment-5 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:38:47 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2006/07/27/an-instructive-hand/#comment-5 I double. If partner has two spades and an entry before they get to nine, they are going down (unless dummy has five spades and there was no checkback) Too many times I have seen this contract make without the lead of dummy's suit when the defense can set the suit up (even if having to give declarer one trick in the suit) if it is sent at trick one. I double. If partner has two spades and an entry before they get to nine, they are going down (unless dummy has five spades and there was no checkback) Too many times I have seen this contract make without the lead of dummy’s suit when the defense can set the suit up (even if having to give declarer one trick in the suit) if it is sent at trick one.

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