Vs. WJO

[Ronald Kalf]

Any ideas on 1m-(2M)? There must be something better then B26 today.

[Fred.]

Must there?  Preempts work.  Doubles in competition are always

on the penalty-negative continuum and the higher the level, the

closer the ends of the continuum are to each other.  What's best

probably depends more on the opponents' preemptive

style and partner's reopening style, rather than any bidding theory.

For instance, with a relatively timid partner you want to play

1m - (2H) - X as negative: spades and a tolerance for S; but if

partner is likely to reopen, there is no need for the negative  X,

and a penalty oriented double can serve as a warning which, if

RHO is using EK's style, will likely lead to a plus score.

Fred.