Finally, it's pretty important to have takeout doubles available as an option when overcalling.
Yes, I'd naturally play takeout doubles, but not with a beginner. Beginners always seem intimidated by the whole idea, I think possibly because people try and give a much too complicated set of rules for when doubles are penalties and when takeout.
In fact, beginners mostly never want to double for penalties anyway, so it'd be much simpler to say that double always means "I have something to show, please bid something", and introduce the idea of deciding under what circumstances its actually penalties later.
I'd also understand a cue bid to mean "I have something, probably the other major" and a jump in NT to mean "I have the lower suits".
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Date: 2013-01-23 10:07 am (UTC)Yes, I'd naturally play takeout doubles, but not with a beginner. Beginners always seem intimidated by the whole idea, I think possibly because people try and give a much too complicated set of rules for when doubles are penalties and when takeout.
In fact, beginners mostly never want to double for penalties anyway, so it'd be much simpler to say that double always means "I have something to show, please bid something", and introduce the idea of deciding under what circumstances its actually penalties later.
I'd also understand a cue bid to mean "I have something, probably the other major" and a jump in NT to mean "I have the lower suits".