On BWTA settling for the possible (not guaranteed) plus after 1N (P) 3N certainly makes sense. After all if opener has a fair 5 card spade suit and Cxx he might well realise what is happening and run to 4S while a hand like A10x KQx AKx Jxxx can also realise what the double is based on and might even redouble. OK, the opening leader might be able to find a heart at T1 to partner’s Ace and get a club back but it is long odds against or partner might even be void in clubs.
regards,
Iain
bobbywolffAugust 11th, 2021 at 1:25 pm
Hi Iain,
Kudos for your common bridge sense, appropriate to match Alexander Pope’s above general advice.
Through the years of bridge, probably the most single sophisticated general problem to solve, involved itself simply with, “risk vs. reward”.
Therein the ability of the certainly multi talented and experienced player varied, but for my money, his or her success seriously depended more on mature judgment, than the exact determination of which player(s) had the most bridge analytical know how, with the psychological side to the game, also an acutely underrated factor.
Peter SagerAugust 11th, 2021 at 9:58 pm
Hi Bobby,
Two days ago in Monday’s column you show East doubling a 3H bid after partner had overcalled 2H. East had Q,x of hearts. I presume this double showed one of the top three honors. Did it specifically show two hearts or could east have had three hearts? My partner recently doubled a similar Q-bid of 2S to show a hand that would have bid 2S. Her spades were 10,7,6. Which treatment do you recommend? Would the fact that one bid was on the two level and the other on the three level make any difference? Thank you.
Pete
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Hi Bobby,
On BWTA settling for the possible (not guaranteed) plus after 1N (P) 3N certainly makes sense. After all if opener has a fair 5 card spade suit and Cxx he might well realise what is happening and run to 4S while a hand like A10x KQx AKx Jxxx can also realise what the double is based on and might even redouble. OK, the opening leader might be able to find a heart at T1 to partner’s Ace and get a club back but it is long odds against or partner might even be void in clubs.
regards,
Iain
Hi Iain,
Kudos for your common bridge sense, appropriate to match Alexander Pope’s above general advice.
Through the years of bridge, probably the most single sophisticated general problem to solve, involved itself simply with, “risk vs. reward”.
Therein the ability of the certainly multi talented and experienced player varied, but for my money, his or her success seriously depended more on mature judgment, than the exact determination of which player(s) had the most bridge analytical know how, with the psychological side to the game, also an acutely underrated factor.
Hi Bobby,
Two days ago in Monday’s column you show East doubling a 3H bid after partner had overcalled 2H. East had Q,x of hearts. I presume this double showed one of the top three honors. Did it specifically show two hearts or could east have had three hearts? My partner recently doubled a similar Q-bid of 2S to show a hand that would have bid 2S. Her spades were 10,7,6. Which treatment do you recommend? Would the fact that one bid was on the two level and the other on the three level make any difference? Thank you.
Pete