Unlikeable
A fine player, but sort of an unlikeable table participant, my LHO (playing with a client) is in her normal, inconsiderate mode at the club.
Sitting North, on the first board of the round, she participated in the following auction:
After losing the ♦A and three trump tricks (my partner held KJTx), she now proceeds to criticize her partner for failing to bid 3NT at her fourth turn. Really? The hand with Qx in the unbid suit is the one who should have grabbed the notrump and not the one who held AKxx?
On the last board of the round, she turns her criticism toward my partner. Hard to replicate the voice inflection in writing, but her comment was definitely of the “you don’t know what you are doing” variety and not the “I wasn’t counting on that” variety, when she says to my partner after the hand, “you made a takeout double (of her 1♣ opening bid) with three clubs”. Yes, he did, at favorable vulnerability holding T8xx, AQx, KQ9, Q9x. Geesh!
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He Jeff,
He had an easy answer on the last hand. It’s called “bridge.” I have a lot of pet peeves at the table (as do we all), but unwarranted and unsolicited criticism is the worst (especially by those unqualified).
Making a takeout double on the second deal you presented is called a Clarker. When you double with 4333 and not-too-great values, you think you are Clark Kent about to turn into superman.
Hi MOJO,
My style is to double. Bobby has convinced me that if you are faced with the choice to bid or pass, don’t pull out the green card. Cheers,
Lois Lane
Lots of “questionable” actions can be winners not vulnerable. I actually think pard’s double would be better if he did not own the CQ.
I agree, but life’s not perfect! If we could change the 10 of spades to the queen, the discussion might not have arisen.
With 13 HCP white , 4-3 in majors and tolerance for diamonds, how bad could it be to get into the auction quickly with a double, I’m with Judy Kay on this one.