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Doubling never entered my mind here

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Thursday, 5 November 2015, at 2:57 p.m.

In Response To: Doubling never entered my mind here (Phil Simborg)

It is not a bad practice to double immediately, but many people, including me, wait when I am playing an opponent that might make a mistake and pass a take (or take a pass if I have lost my market). Of course your risk losing your market, so you must be very careful.

My take is that as a human I only have so many cpu cycles to burn and simply taking the cube out of the equation means I can concentrate on winning the game. Right before starting the 2a2a game I tell myself that it's DMP and get into that thought space. Maybe if I was a better player I'd try a more fancy approach, but doubling immediately loses no equity and simplifies things.

This is also true in post crawford when my opponent does not have a fee drop and has a very low take point. I often wait and hope to get a mistaken pass, and I have gotten that mistaken pass many times.

Ok, I do use "the trick" at odd-away post Crawford and I'm actually surprised how often it works against players who should know better. The immediate double at 2a2a seems to be more widely known.

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