Sign up ×  In one of my games, there were three passes. Fourth
seat elected to "pre-empt," three hearts with something like the
following:  ♠xx ♥KQJxxxx ♦Jxx ♣x  One of the opponents doubled
(for penalties), after having passed, with something like:  ♠Axx
♥ATxx ♦Kxx ♣xxx  The result was down two (doubled, not
vulnerable). The three non pre-empters had about 11 points each,
hence no bids.  I asked, "Why did you do that? You could have
broken even by passing out the hand."  Bidder responded, "I bid
my cards, that's what you're supposed to do with seven of a
suit."  Did he overlook the issue of "position"? That is, if the
bidder had been THIRD seat. after two passes, would pre-empting
have made much more sense, to presume that (barring a freak
distribution) that fourth seat might have had all the cards and
that the pre-empt might then have saved a game?  Did it make
sense to pre-empt in fourth seat with the cards that the bidder
held? If his hand had been somewhat stronger (say a king of
diamonds in place of the