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opening points opposite partners takeout double

#1 User is offline   packerno2 

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Posted 2013-February-10, 14:39

Quite simply, when partner doubles opener with a takeout double and you have opening points, at what level do you start your bid ?
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Posted 2013-February-10, 14:50

Start by cuebidding the opponent's suit, e.g., (1) Dbl (P) 2. This tells partner that you have a good hand, 10 or more points, and says nothing about your distribution. Now your partner will start describing her hand, and you'll go from there. With an opening hand opposite a takeout double, unless you have a serious misfit you should end up in game, and the cuebid helps partner know that your side is strong, so she won't drop you prematurely in a low-level contract.
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Posted 2013-February-10, 20:25

Good general concept presented by Greenman. Random 13 counts opposite a takeout double present different problems, however; so it isn't quite that simple.

In my world, the perfect shape for a takeout double (one of their suit and 4 each of the others) presents a questionable game situation if any of partner's stuff is in the opening bidder's suit; and T/O doubler might be on the light side.

Conservative advances might be considered, especially opposite one of those doubles we see advocated on these fora.

Would expect a trump lead a whole lot of the time.
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Posted 2013-February-11, 03:32

start by cuebidding, and right now you can play it just as Game Forrcing values and nothing else.
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