Your table plays the Kontra expansion, Hüttenfleck included. P1's Call stands; they have already turned the talon face up and taken their half. You hold: XX, XV, XI, K
, Q
, C
, J
, 2, 3, 8, 9, 4, and you want to hit them with the biggest double you can.
Can you still get the Hüttenfleck's ×4, or only the standard Kontra's ×2?
Reveal answer
Answer
Only the standard Kontra, ×2. The Hüttenfleck is a Kontra thrown before the talon is even picked up; that window closed the moment the Declarer turned the halves face up and claimed one. A Kontra now still doubles the contract’s value if you have the grounds for it, but the extra bite was a pre-pickup gamble only, on the blinder, riskier moment before anyone saw the talon.