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Puppet Stayman Is it worth it?

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Posted 2013-August-23, 16:24

View PostRGranville, on 2013-August-23, 05:06, said:

I'm assuming a fairly standard scheme of responses, i.e. direct 3C/3D invitational, direct 3H/3S slam try, 3C/3D via Stayman GF, 3H/3S after Stayman and a 2D rebid 5-4 in the majors - perhaps Smolen.

Standard in which decade?
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Posted 2013-August-23, 22:40

View Postmgoetze, on 2013-August-23, 16:24, said:

Standard in which decade?

That's pretty much how SAYC plays it.
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Posted 2013-August-24, 00:07

View PostZelandakh, on 2013-August-23, 08:01, said:

Proof positive that my posts are not being read.

I wouldn't generalize. I think your posts are very well read, but there are "numerous" exceptions to every rule.

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Posted 2013-December-09, 00:10

Here is one of Edgar Kaplan's quotes from TBW. Anyone know if he changed his mind?

"I do not guarantee I'll never open one notrump holding a five-card major, but so far in a long bridge career I have never found the occasion to do so."

"Vanderbilt in Philly, III", TBW 10/1996, p. 9
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