Re: what's this double ?

Nick Hughes wrote
> W    N    E    S
>          1D   No
> 1N   No   No   X    ?
>
> In decades passed, this was a penalty suggestion, say 14-15 count with 4-5
> good dimaonds.
> Now many would play it as weak takeout, say a 4-4-1-4 10 count.
> What do you do and why?

  I play it as penalties.  With a 4-4-1-4 ten count - or five count for 
that matter - I bid 1NT the previous round.

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