[ggwhiz]

Scoring: MP

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I directed a club game when this was shuffled and dealt. Seven ♣ is cold and everyone in notrump made em all on the ♦Q lead.

Except my hero, a Canadian junior champ playing with 85 year old Mortimer.

He opened 2NT in second chair intending to pass stayman. Ole Mort added 20-21 to half his collection and bid em all, wrong siding the contract with the ♠Ace on lead

[ArtK78]

That is funny. But in a bizarre way your junior got what he deserved.

What was he going to do over a transfer (a far more likely response than Stayman)?

[ggwhiz]

I imagine he was going to pass a transfer too, hope for a double and scramble out somehow. He's not exactly afraid of the dark but deathly afraid of missing a hand to laugh at in the bar.

Wrong colors to try that but he's hard to stop.

[MarkDean]

Interesting problem. You have 26HCP and partner opens 2NT. Normally, I would just bid 3NT, figuring nobody will double and partner might pass, but red on white, second seat seems like a strange place for partner to be messing around.

[manudude03]

surprised East didn't choose to investigate it after realising they have a combined 46 count. Who knows, maybe they get to play in 4C.

[FrancesHinden]

When you have a 26-count and partner opens 2NT, the normal response is to try 6C or 7C in response.

[CSGibson]

To quote the great JLOL:

LOL

[MarkDean]

FrancesHinden, on Dec 22 2008, 10:38 AM, said:

When you have a 26-count and partner opens 2NT, the normal response is to try 6C or 7C in response.

Partner usually has clubs or it is pass/correct?

[ArtK78]

FrancesHinden, on Dec 22 2008, 01:38 PM, said:

When you have a 26-count and partner opens 2NT, the normal response is to try 6C or 7C in response.

Sounds like a psychic control.

But then, who would blame you? Since the chances that partner has his bid are about minus 100%, I would suspect a psyche.

Reminds me of a hand that I played with David Treadwell this past summer. I opened a little light and then reversed (a lot light - don't ask why I did that - I still don't know). David had a 19 count, so he launched into RKCB. I showed the correct number of keycards, but he didn't believe me and bid 7NT anyway. My RHO could not be convinced that he did not hold the AK of spades on lead, so he doubled and led them.

[CSGibson]

ArtK78, on Dec 22 2008, 02:28 PM, said:

FrancesHinden, on Dec 22 2008, 01:38 PM, said:

When you have a 26-count and partner opens 2NT, the normal response is to try 6C or 7C in response.

Sounds like a psychic control.

(snip)

when you can figure out from bridge logic that your partner has psyched, then no action of yours is fielding.

[han]

I'm looking forward to Ken's input here. And does echognome agree that it is legal to assume partner psyched?

[Benoit35]

Unless I'm mistaken, fielding occurs when you allow for the possibility of a psych when what you've heard is still plausible without one. For example, you have 10 points, your partner opens in third seat and RHO overcalls 1NT. Add up the three hands and you should know that LHO has next to nothing, and bid accordingly - your bidding can't allow for the possibility of a psych, e.g. by passing.

I think this case is different in that East knows for a fact that West doesn't have a 1NT hand even before the bidding starts.