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When you open 1NT, and partner bids 2♣ , then you have just three bids at your disposal (playing Standard Garbage Stayman) - 2♦, 2♥, and 2♠. The two extra bids (pass and redouble) when 2♣ is doubled really need to be defined. They could have been put to good use on this deal from news-sheet 217. |
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A1095 |
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2♥ . (4) |
all pass |
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K10854 |
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I totally agree with this North's choice of 1NT – those 109 combinations in 4-card suits are easily worth a point. |
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Pass may work out better, but this is a fairly standard Garbage Stayman situation – bid 2♣ and pass whatever partner responds. |
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A double of Stayman shows ♣'s and asks for a ♣ lead. |
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With no agreement here I guess that North has to bid 2♥? |
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But our experts do have an agreement of course, it is defined below and
this pass shows 4-4 in the majors. |
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And our experts have another trick up their sleeved here - 2♥ is a transfer to get the 1NT opener as declarer. |
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North completes the transfer. |
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2♥ plays fairly well (better than 1NT) but 2♠ is easily the best spot for N-S. |
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When Stayman 2♣ is doubled that gives opener two extra bids (pass and redouble) and these really should be put to good use by experienced partnerships. One scheme is: - |
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good ♣'s and denying a 4-card major, offering 2 ♣ redoubled as a final contract if responder has good clubs, and showing good ♣ stops in the more likely scenario that he does not. |
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a 4 (or 5 card suit) but not 4-4 in the majors. |
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then responder knows that opener is 4-4 in the majors.
He should bid 2♦/♥ to transfer into the best fit and then pass, invite or bid on as appropriate. |
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This is one treatment; another is to play pass as equal length (so normally 3-3 or 4-4) in the majors. This would work better when opener is 3-3 in the majors and responder has just one 4-card major and wishes to play in a possible Moysian fit. But if responder has game ambitions he really needs to know if partner has a 4-card major, so I think that the method given is probably superior. |
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Yet another treatment is to play that 2♦ promises 4+ ♦'s and denies a 4 card major. This would well if partner has bid Garbage Stayman on a weak 4441 type hand (quite likely on the bidding). Redouble should still show ♣'s and pass would deny 4 ♦'s, 4 ♥'s or 4 ♠'s and thus presumably show 4+ weak ♣'s (no redouble). I guess this works but it's unlikely for opener to have a hand with 3 or less ♦'s, ♥'s and ♠'s where he cannot redouble. This topic came up in News-Sheet 265 and opener actually has a clear redouble. I suppose that this would be the 'standard' treatment if you had not agreed either of the above? |
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