Internet Post
By Arlene Port
You are South, matchpoints, no one vulnerable.
Here is your hand:
- S - K Q J 6 4
- H - A J 8
- D - 6
- C - A 6 5 3
- The Bidding is:
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1S | ||
| Pass | 1 NT | 2D | ??? |
What is your bid???
Gail Carns: 2H This is a tough problem and I think 2H is the least lie .:
Jim Klein: I Double! Partner will know best what is the most profitable spot.
Bruce Keidan: Double. In my methods, it's takeout, showing extras. secondary support for both unbid suits and a willingness to defend if partner has the right hand to convert to penalties. The reasons I think it's right to play this double as takeout: 1) On frequency, you'll hold this hand a lot more often than you'll hold a stack in RHO's overcall suit. 2) It's an awkward hand to describe if double now is for penalties and C) When I DO have the trump stack, I can pass and hope partner will reopen with a double with a singleton or doubleton in the overcalled suit and values to compete.
Bill Holt: Double. Partner rates to have diamonds and a penalty pass, or he has round cards and will pull to 2H or 3C. I have a little extra and want to keep partner involved.
Roni Gitchel: 3C - It is an overbid but I have been known to do that on occasion.
Ken Bergman: Pass ... I'm going to wait and see what partner does. If partner doubles, I'll be more than happy to pass
Barb Bergman: Pass ... I'm not strong enough to bid 3C and take a penalty double away from partner. The only other action I'd consider would be a double showing partner that we have the majority of the pts. If partner expects me to have diamond cards, that could backfire and we could miss a heart game. I'd pass and hope partner can take some action
Florine Walters: Double - extra values and takeout. Obviously if partner has diamonds can leave in the double
Ernie Retetagos: 2 Hearts, I'm too strong to pass. On most hands that partner doesn't have 4 or more hearts, they will go back to spades.
Herb Sachs: Pass ... and hope that my partner will do the right thing whatever that is. I don’t have a bid for this hand as much as I would like to bid.
Asim Ulke: 3D ... I have the best hand I could hold. Partner must have some cards. (You do not save partner with a bad hand and no fit bid 3D. Double implies some diamond holding, and it is not my choice
Internet Post Results
| NAT'L | PGH | AWARD | |
| DBL | 7 | 4 | 100 |
| PASS | 5 | 3 | 80 |
| 3C | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 2S | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 2H | 0 | 2 | |
| 3D | 0 | 1 | |
