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Overcall or double with 6 hearts and 18 hcp?

With 6 cards in hearts and 18 HCP, we have a strong hand. How best do we convey our hand to partner when the opponents have opened? We don't need much from them for game but we do need something.

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August 17, 2021

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Partner asks for takeout. What do we choose?

Take-out doubles are extremely useful and versatile but often forgotten. Most of the time we will like one of the options partner has given us, but what do we do…

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March 22, 2021

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When to use a takeout double in bridge? with Tina McVeigh

East opens 1S;. We have a nice five-card heart suit, 13 high card points, and a spade singleton. What would you do - overcall 2H; or use a takeout double?

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January 8, 2021