Double

Author: Ye Jiajun
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book introduces an important and commonly used bidding convention in bridge—doubles. It appears in the bidding process of competing bids. In modern bridge, doubles occur very frequently and are often not used to express natural penalty meanings, but as conventions to convey certain special hand features or to request partner to describe the hand. This booklet provides an in-depth yet easy-to-understand explanation of the definitions and bidding structures of several conventional doubles used in opening bids and defensive plays, as well as the application and precautions of penalty doubles. It also lists several examples of high-scoring penalty hands for reference. Doubles are a crucial topic that players frequently encounter and must respond to. Whether or not to double and how to handle doubles often determine the outcome of a hand, or even an entire match.