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West said that there was no special
understanding between him and his partner as to the meaning of the 3§ bid, so he saw no reason to tell South
something that was not an agreement, and told her so. He had bid 3§, knowing it was undiscussed, and a
gamble, since that was his general style. He pointed out that 3§ doubled could be beaten on a heart lead.
East said she believed that they had discussed the sequence if 1NT was not
alerted. She could not remember an alert. She explained that 3§ must be strong because of the
vulnerability and her hand. South said that she had tried to find out more
information and that West had been extremely brusque and used gestures in
telling her he was not going to answer. She said that if 3§ was strong then her takeout double needed to be
stronger in case partner wished to pass it, and she would have bid 3¨ on the actual hand. North
agreed the double was takeout but he had passed it because there seemed no
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