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Mar 1, 2015 · SUPPORT DOUBLES. For some reason, players using this method either forget to double, forget to alert, or forget that their partner used this convention. A Support Double can be made only by the Opening Bidder (at his second turn to bid).
Mar 2, 2013 · Printer friendly version. These are the 6 articles I wrote for the ACBL Bulletin on Doubles (in order of difficulty): Takeout Doubles. Negative Doubles. Responsive Doubles. Support Doubles. Low Level Doubles. Lead-directing, Maximal and other Doubles.
Mar 2, 2013 · Printer friendly version. These are the 6 articles I wrote for the ACBL Bulletin on Doubles (in order of difficulty): Takeout Doubles. Negative Doubles. Responsive Doubles. Support Doubles. Low Level Doubles. Lead-directing, Maximal and other Doubles.
The 12 Conventions that should be in your Deck. According to Larry Cohen the 12 conventions that should be in every players deck are: Negative Doubles. Blackwood. Stayman. Jacoby Transfers. 4th Suit Game Force.
Mar 15, 2018 · In this lesson I discuss who can use support doubles, how they work, what they show and how to respond to them.
Jan 26, 2024 · Larry Cohen. In the previous article, we examined Takeout, Negative, Responsive, Support, and DSI Doubles. This time, we wrap up with a few more doubles which are part of modern bidding. Lead-Directing Doubles. Whenever the opponents make an artificial bid, your double should show that suit ‒ typically as a request for partner to lead the suit.
Jul 22, 2019 · Here we look at support doubles in depth with a special focus on using this tool at higher levels than many partnerships use.
Support Doubles. Since this is the most-forgotten convention on Earth, let me lead into it with a review of the two easier-to-remember doubles: the Takeout and Negative double. A Takeout Double is made when RHO opens the bidding and you double.
Aug 15, 2011 · The basic support double applies after an opening bid and response at the 1-level, and non-jump interference by the fourth hand: double (or redouble) by the opening bidder shows 3 cards in responder’s suit.
Aug 9, 2012 · Support Doubles (and Redouble s) are played through 2-of-our suit. They are on no matter what suit we respond in (on the one level). If the opponents overcall 1NT, they are still on. They are on by a passed hand. They are on even if our responder promised a 5-card suit (such as: 1 [1] 1 ).
