(乙) Matchpts. Both vul. S:865 H:KQ6 D:KJ9 C:J1062 1D-(1S)-? (a) pass; then, after (2S)-Pass-(Pass)-? (a1) pass, (a2) double, (a3) 3D, (a4) other. (b) double; then, after (2S)-3H-(Pass)-? (b1) pass, (b2) 3S, (b3) 4D, (b4) other. (c) 2C. (d) 2D. (e) other. 叫品 得分 專家 讀者 (d) 2D 100 13 17% (b1) D,P 90 9 45% (b3) D,4D 70 1 13% (a2) P,D 60 5 21% (a4) P,2N 50 1 1% (a3) P,3D 50 1 3% (c) 2C 20 0 0% (b2) D,3S 20 0 0% Director: Jeff Rubens, director Grant Baze La Jolla, CA (d) David Berkowitz NJ (d) Bart Bramley Chicago (b1) Ira Chorush Houston, TX (a2) Larry Cohen NJ (b1) Mark Cohen Glen Ridge, NJ (b1) Billy Eisenberg Florida (a4;2NT) The Granovetters Israel (b1) Jim Hall Minneapolis (d) Fred Hamilton Fresno, CA (d) Carl Hudecek Perrysburg, OH (a2) Edwin Kantar California (b1) Edgar Kaplan NYC (a2) Ralph Katz Burr Ridge, IL (d) Sami R. Kehela Toronto (d) Eric Kokish Montreal (d) Marshall Miles California (b1) Kitty Munson NYC (d) Arthur Robinson Villanova, PA (a2) Michael Rosenberg NYC (b1) Al Roth Boca Raton, FL (d) Jeff Rubens Scarsdale, NY (d) Ira Rubin Paramus, NJ (d) Mike Shuman California (b3) Joseph Silver Montreal (b1) John Swanson California (d) Robert Wolff Dallas (b1) Kit Woolsey Kensington, CA (a2) Fumio Yagi Redmond, WA (a3) Mahmood Zia NYC (d) I thought I'd be defending a minority position here, with the pusillanimous passers and the demon doublers carrying the day. But the simple-minded single-raisers win. Hooray for the good guys! KATZ: "(d) Two diamonds. I might be a diamond light. If they bid two spades, I'll double." RUBIN: "(d) Two diamonds. Easy! The five-card-major thinking underlying passing is fallacious." HAMILTON: "(d) Two diamonds. You cannot double safely with only three hearts. You cannot describe your hand well after passing." BAZE: "(d) Two diamonds. Simplest is best. Anything else is cumbersome, complicated or just plain wrong." ROTH: "(d) Two diamonds. I never bid with a bad hand, and I'm not worried about a three-three fit. The most likely game is three notrump, and two diamonds gives us the best chance to get there." KEHELA: "(d) Two diamonds. The simple value bid. What's that? It's matchpoints? Sorry, too late." HALL: "(d) Two diamonds. Why has our five-card-major system made it so difficult for us to raise opener's minor on three-card support? Here, we have king-jack-nine of trumps, 10 points, and no reasonable alternative." SWANSON: "(d) Two diamonds. Despite 10 HCP, this is a very poor offensive hand. Passing does nothing towards describing the values." BERKOWITZ: "(d) Two diamonds, then double, seems to be the most accurate description. So I owe him a diamond; so sue me." If you lose the case, you can claim the damages are minimal because you provided king-jack-nine. ZIA: "(d) Two diamonds. An easy action in Europe, where they don't have the U.S. phobia of not raising a minor with three.'' KOKISH: "(d) Two diamonds. I would double if that showed values, but in BWS it shows shape, and the repercussions can be serious. Pass leaves you trying to catch up later with no genuine way to do it." How do the passers plan to cope? WOOLSEY: "(a2) Pass, then double. No immediate bid is attractive. I have found that passing, then cue-bidding after partner doubles, is the best way to handle this sort of hand. After two spades--pass-- pass--?, South is too strong to sell out; and no call other than double makes sense." But what sense does that double make? Doesn't it show spades? Chorush, who supported Woolsey's cue-bid plan, says BWS should define the delayed double as 9-11, no stop, no hearts, no diamonds. HUDECEK: "(a2) Pass, then double. Pass first so as not to exaggerate the strength." Another way to travel on the delayed road: EISENBERG: "(a4) Pass, then two no-trump. Impossible for two notrump to be natural." Kokish suggested that this sequence should show five clubs plus diamonds. I don't see much use in showing a hand that would have a qualified for a two-diamond raise in the first place. An alternative approach is to use the delayed two notrump to show a hand with big shape, too weak for a negative double on the first round, something resembling, S:x H:Jxxxx D:x C:Q10xxxx. The doublers argued mostly on a least-of-evils basis. BRAMLEY: "(b1) Double, then pass. Lying by a heart is a smaller sin than lying by 10 HCP (by passing). If I pass, many continuations other than the one in the conditions are revolting. In contrast, if I double and partner bids hearts I feel only mild discomfort." M. COHEN: "(b1) Double, then pass. The least of many evils, even though we could be in a three-three fit." ROSENBERG: "(b1) Double, then pass. Pass doesn't seem to solve the problems of this hand. At IMPs, I might bid two clubs (preferred) or two diamonds, but at matchpoints I must try for one notrump. Any (b)- plan other than (b1) is a misbid or an overbid. Maybe they will bid three spades (I won't double)." L. COHEN: "(b1) Double, then pass. I have to start with double to get my values off my chest. Passing first will make it too hard to catch up. I'll pass three hearts rather than try for a touch-and-go game at matchpoints. Maybe plus 170 will be a fine score. It would help to be playing the Good-Bad Two Notrump, where partner's three hearts shows extra values (he would bid two notrump with a merely competitive hand)." SILVER: "(b1) Double, then pass. With a hand too strong to pass but no suit of my own, double seems a logical choice. On the next round, I won't punish our side by increasing the chance of a minus score." GRANOVETTER's: "(b1) Double, then pass. ... How can you support diamonds playing five-card majors?" It's easy. When East shows length in spades and we have so many, we deduce it is unlikely that partner was dealt four spades. When East shows strength and we have so much ourselves, we deduce an increased likelihood that North opened on shape, i.e., diamonds. We don't pretend that one notrump won't sometimes be right (with a double by South the only way to get there), but we do claim that this won't be the case too often. We do not seek opportunities to raise diamonds with only three. I am confident that everyone who bid two diamonds would have bid one notrump if East had passed. A more aggressive doubler: SHUMAN: "(b3) Double, then four diamonds. My second call is awkward. I must avoid a slooooow three spades." Complaint Department: WOLFF: "(b1) Double, then pass. Typically difficult negative-double situation." Only if you put yourself into it. --

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