[FrancesHinden]

I hate doubling on a one-suited hand over a pre-empt and try never to do it: I overcall 4S or 5S on the given hand depending on mood.

It's not because of the risk of being passsed out in 3Cx (although given the hands that people seem to pass on, this is more of a risk with some people than with me), but because it's so important to get to the right strain that I always play double-then-new-suit as flexible, so e.g. 3C x P 3H P 4S still shows a very good hand but offers partner the option of pulling to 5D (maybe AKJ10xx Ax AKxx x).

[nige1]

MickyB, on Nov 5 2007, 08:09 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

(3♣)-4♠-(5♣)-5♠-AP. What do you think of the three calls made by NS? Do you play that a pass by North would be forcing?

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IMO it was mainly bad luck.

Like joker_gb, I slightly prefer X to 4♠. IMO, partner is unlikely to convert to penalties when you hold a doubleton ♣

I agree with Halo that there is a strong case for forgetting about slams and just trying to win the contract when you suspect that a sacrifice will be cheap.