VixTD, on 2013-October-10, 06:56, said:
West's overcall was alerted as showing spades.
Double was for takeout (of spades, presumably, but it was not clear this was a partnership agreement).
I presume the first incidence of Spades should read Clubs, consistent with the details on the auction diagram.
If the double really was agreed to be for takeout of Spades, which is consistent with N's hand, then such a double should have been alerted - this is not the unalertable meaning of double of a transfer bid.* So we will know a lot more about what is really going on if we know whether the double was alerted. My money is on N/S having a misunderstanding and/or not knowing what they are doing.
*What the Blue Book says is sufficient to know that much. It says:
(d) (doubles of} Suit bids that do not show the suit bid
Alert, unless the double shows the suit bid.
This post has been edited by iviehoff: 2013-October-10, 08:25