On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:38:58 +0000, David Stevenson
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> wrote:
>regis wrote
>>Last weekend I played with someone I never met before. We had a few
>>minutes to talk about out agreements before playing. Anyway, my
>>partner opened a strong 2C when I had the following 0-point hand:
>>
>>S: xx
>>H: xx
>>D: xx
>>C: T9xxxxx
>>
>>Our bidding (opponents passing): 2C - 2D - 2N - 3C - 3D - pass
>>
>>After partner opened 2C, I bid 2D, waiting, and partner bid 2N. I
>>assumed this denied a 4-card major, so I bid 3C, natural. My partner
>>bid 2D, thinking 3C was Stayman, and so I passed. Oops. My question:
>>how do you bid this hand the "Standard American" way, so that playing
>>with strangers is easy? I think the 2D waiting bid is dumb, but I'd
>>like to learn how to play Standard American strong 2C openers with
>>strangers (I can't find a definitive reference).
>
> 2C - 2D - 2NT will often have a four card major.
>
> With your actual hand I would choose between passing 2NT and bidding
>3NT. If partner has something in clubs like AKx you will likely make
>3NT: if he has something like KQ you will likely go off in 2NT! There
>is nothing much you can do with this hand scientifically.
>
> People do not play signoffs in clubs, so to play in clubs you will
>have to bid 5C.
Assuming transfers are on after 2C-2D-2NT, what prevents you from
stopping in 4C rather than 5C?
Note that I'm not saying that this is a good move, I'm in favour
of bidding 3NT, but what other meaning would you assign to
2C-2D-2NT-3S other than the standard transfer to a minor,
assuming that transfers are on and absent specific agreement to
play it as something else? (I'm fairly sure SAYC states that
transfers ARE on after 2C-2D-2NT, although I haven't checked the
docs, such as they are).
Brian.
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