Tuesday,
November 01, 2005 11:17 PM
Hand
Evaluation – Doubles ( Bidding Freedom )
PITBULLS:
When partner has had
a chance to make a D.S.I.P. double in a competitive auction but does not , all gloves are off.
You can bid your suit , a new suit , good-bad 2NT or Q
bid without the chance of partner punishing
you. Why , because the negative inference
that you did not make a D.S.I.P double comes into play . You cannot be
bidding constructively or
else you would have doubled initially.
With this “protection” comes some freedom
in your choice of bids. Bidding again with a good hand & defensive values
is repugnant to D.S.I.P. competitive double theory. You may have just rescued the opponents
from disaster. Bidding again ( non double) implies a
lack of defense.
My
partner used this inference to invent
a D.S.I.P. Q bid . This Q bid meant Do Something Intelligent Partner as I want to
compete somewhere but without defensive
values or a
preponderance of HCP’s. I cannot hold
values or I would have made a
D.S.I.P. double instead. Partner had ♠Qx
♥QJ109
♦109876x
♣x , the auction (
everybody vul)
went
1♠-P-1NT-DBL
2♣-2♦-2♠-P
P-? . A
double here would be a classic D.S.I.P. double saying I have defense &
would like to bid again. Partner was not sure if he wanted to compete again in
diamonds or hearts but he did not
want to sell out to 2♠ as we should hold half the deck. 6-4’s are nice playing
hands so we should not get punished at the 3 level. On the spot he bid 3♣ , which he meant
as take some action
partner but I am weak , distributional so do not get too excited. A D.S.I.P.
double without defense without
actually making a double !
The D.S.I.P. double inference allows you the
freedom to bid your distribution to
the hilt. Partner will not take another bid
based on your bidding. Bidding new suits , Q
bidding , NT bids can never be forward going. This freedom is
nice for pushing them up without
fear of partner making penalty doubles or “taking you seriously” . This means that partner does not take you for extra
by bidding again. You can compete without fear of misleading partner which invariably happens not playing competitive doubles. Free bids do not
exist to show a good hand or else you would have doubled or used the “good bad
2NT” at the two level. I think this is why Tom Gandolfo likes D.S.I.P. competitive
double theory . These doubles give him still another
excuse to bid while keeping partner quiet at the
same time J .