- 5–3–3–2. Equivalently,
there are no voids, no singletons, and at most one
doubleton.
Balanced is
sometimes used in a
broad sense that
includes semi-balanced...
- 4-4-3-2
pattern consisting of two four-card suits, a three-card suit and a
doubleton. Note that the hand
pattern leaves unspecified which particular suits...
- evaluation. A
balanced hand
contains no
voids or singletons, at most one
doubleton and not more than five
cards in any suit. Hand
patterns ****ing these...
-
Since a 1NT
opening bid
requires a
balanced hand, i.e. no more than one
doubleton, it
promises to have at
least two
cards in the
desired suit:
Holding a...
- bid, and has a
fourth trump (the 2♥ bid
promised only three), and the
doubleton queen of
clubs to fit with partner's
strength there. (North
could instead...
- has a
trump stop
Other short suit (two or
three cards) leads: from a
doubleton lead the
higher card, thus from 93 lead the 9 from a
three card suit if...
- with A-K
doubleton. the lead of the king is made from a
holding headed by A-K.
Third hand
should encourage holding the
queen or a
doubleton. the queen...
-
Kambites refined the scale, as have others: AQ
doubleton = 1/2
loser according to Ron Klinger. Kx
doubleton = 11/2
losers according to others. AQJ = 1/2...
-
problem is that it can be
difficult to tell if a single-sign (or even
doubleton) is
Linear A,
Linear B, or
Cretan Hieroglyphs because of the
overlap in...
- the scale, as have others: AQ
doubleton = ½
loser according to Ron Klinger. KQ
doubleton = 1
loser (obvious). Kx
doubleton = 1½
losers according to others...
