FrancesHinden, on 2011-September-09, 16:04, said:
I was told the other day that the Italians also play double as take-out in auctions such as 1H x 1S x.
Remember to psyche against them.
Remember to psyche against them.
I play this with Joe Grue, and I also play 2S as artificial! The idea is to pass and then bid when you have spades. Even if they're psyching, they probably won't get you. You can have much better auctions using X as responsive, especially considering the shapes people double with now (I know not you much) it is really important when you have 4-4 in the minors, or even 4-3 if you want to compete but don't want to bid 1N.