(丁) Matchpts. None vul. S:10987 H:A6 D:976 C:A1086 1H-(1S)-? 叫品 得分 專家 讀者 1N 100 16 44% Dbl 70 7 31% Pass 50 3 15% 2H 40 1 10% Director: Robert Wolff Henry Bethe NYC 1N Gerald Caravelli Illinois 1N John Carruthers Toronto Dbl Billy Eisenberg Florida 1N Richard Freeman Atlanta Dbl Ron Gerard White Plains, NY 1N Mary & Max Hardy Las Vegas 1N Doug Heron Ottawa Dbl Carl Hudecek Perrysburg, OH Dbl Edwin Kantar California 1N Edgar Kaplan NYC Pass Sami R. Kehela Toronto 1N Eric Kokish Montreal 1N Chip Martel Davis, CA Dbl Marshall Miles California 2H Joan Remey Moore Troy, MI 1N Larry Mori Charlton, NY Dbl Brad Moss Berkeley, CA 1N Arthur Robinson Villanova, PA Dble Eric Rodwell W. Lafayette, IN 1N Jeff Rubens Scarsdale, NY Pass Ira Rubin Paramus, NJ Pass Tom & Carol Sanders TN 1N Paul Trent Katonah, NY 1N Don Von Elsner Hilo, HI 1N Robert Wolff Dallas 1N Kit Woolsey Kensington 1N I have no strong objection to the negative double, except that it will get you to a minor. And this is matchpoints, where notrump scores best (if you make it, and if playing from the wrong side isn't too unsatisfactory). Speaking for me, and for the majority ... BETHE: "One notrump. Right distribution, right pointcount. Maybe partner has a spade honor." WOOLSEY: "One notrump. This shows the value of the hand. The spade holding produces a stopper most of the time, with partner's help. There are too few diamonds for a negative double, and it will be too hard to recover if we pass." CARAVELLI: "One notrump. Not perfect, but then neither is double or two hearts. I don't believe in passing when the next round won't be any easier." GERARD: "One notrump. Sometimes, the way to stay out of notrump is to bid it early, then shy away if partner starts bidding out his hand. In theory, only ace-doubleton in partner's hand gets us wrong- sided. If I don't bid notrump, partner always turns up with jack- third or queen-doubleton, and we end up discussing which of us should have bid notrump. For your doctoral thesis, I suppose you could double, but doesn't everyone bid notrump at the table?" No, not everyone. MORI: "Double. This leaves me well placed for the next round, since I can bid two hearts over partner's two of a minor. Notrump would be better from partner's side." CARRUTHERS: "Double. Looks like a hand for suit play, doesn't it?" MARTEL: "Double. I prefer not to bid notrump without a stopper when I have a decent alternative. It is easy to double, then bid two hearts (even over two clubs), which should show a decent hand." HERON: "Double. An immediate one notrump could be right, but more likely will be very wrong. The immediate raise to two hearts, with no ruffing value, seems wrong on direction, though right on values. Double can still get us to hearts, if partner bids diamonds, and will right-side notrump if partner bids it, an important consideration at matchpoints." Speaking for that eccentric raise-- MILES: "Two hearts. It is better to limit my hand than to double, which has a wide range of strength and might encourage partner to bid a four-card diamond suit at a high level." There was Editorial solidarity for doing nothing at all. RUBENS: "Pass. A double would be unprepared, since I can't covert diamonds to hearts." KAPLAN: "Pass. I was brought up to believe that a cheerful, voluntary notrump bid guarantees a stopper or two. I wasn't brought up on negative doubles, but it seems to me that I should have four of each suit I beg partner to bid--or real support for his suit, if I correct to it. Why should I make a flawed notrump bid or negative double (or an even more flawed raise) when I don't have to? This deal is not going to be passed out at one spade." RUBIN: "Pass. This isn't a dirty word." --

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