Transcript Bridge with Harold Schogger The Negative Double Often called the Sputnik Double Invented by Alvin Roth in early 1960s ©

Bridge with Harold Schogger
The Negative
Double
Often called the Sputnik Double
Invented by Alvin Roth in early 1960s
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
E
S
1
NO
1
?
W
You of course reply 1
N
E
S
1
1
?
W
Now you have been fixed
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
E
S
1
1
?
W
So we DOUBLE
1. I WOULD HAVE replied
2. I have 6+ points
3. I am likely to be 44 in the unbid suits
Now you have been fixed
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
1
E
S
2
?
W
Can you still make Penalty doubles
when they make silly overcalls
Initially you MUST PASS
& PRAY
Partners are EXPECTED to REOPEN with
Double rather than any other bid !!!!
N
E
S
1
2
NO NO
DBL NO
W
NO NO
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
E
S
1
1
2
W
If you do not Negative double when you could have done so
What does it mean ?
It means you have bid fearlessly and
now show 5 + cards in the suit
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
E
S
W
1
NO
1
NO
OR
2
What does 2H promise here ?
Hand 1 Merely supporting
partner
N
E
S
W
1
NO
1
NO
OR
2
What does 2H promise now ?
Hand 2 NOW a REVERSE
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Bridge with Harold Schogger
N
E
S
W
1
1
DBL NO
OR
2
What does 2H promise here ?
Hand 1 AGAIN
Merely supporting partner
N
E
S
W
1
1
DBL NO
OR
3
What does 3H promise now ?
Hand 2 NOW more support
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