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#1 User is offline   plaur 

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Posted 2006-November-13, 14:46

1NT - pass - ?

Partner opens 1NT (15-17). How much is this hand worth?
How would you bid with SAYC stayman and transfers available?

How would you bid with these agreements:
Stayman and transfers. Every hand with a 5 card major and at least invitational strength must start with transfer. Super accept possible.
1NT - 2♥ - 2♠ - 2NT invit with 5 card suit
1NT - 2♥ - 2♠ - 3♠ invit with 6 card suit
1NT - 2♥ - 2♠ - 3♥ GF
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Posted 2006-November-13, 14:50

Do you have the method to tell pd that you have 5/6 spades and 4 hearts if pd responds 2D over your Stayman? if so, bid 2C and treat spades as a 6-carder. Otherwise, transfer with 2H and invite with 3S.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 15:20

NT looks like a trap. An opponent with Axx of spades can shut down our source of tricks. But I think it might play well in hearts and I am not supressing them So given the methods you describe I bid 2H then 3H. This may get us too high but I really don't want to supress the hearts. If partner has as little as Axxx he can duck a heart early, later take the ace and then proceed to cash some winners and ruff some losers.

Given my own methods I start 2C and over 2D I bid 2S, showing five spades, four hearts, invitational strength. That's what I have.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 16:34

ditto ken.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 17:27

Add one more ditto Ken from me.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 18:30

It's very hard to gauge the club wastage, so I'd just treat this as a GF with 54 majs and bid accordingly.
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Posted 2006-November-13, 20:36

Anyone else guessing pard's shape as 2335? :(

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Posted 2006-November-13, 20:38

I agree with Ken's post as well.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2006-November-15, 09:09

Thx for all the answers. I found this a difficult hand to bid.
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