Brian Meadows wrote
>On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:38:58 +0000, David Stevenson
><bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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).
While that may be sensible, and part of SAYC, I am unconvinced that it
is a method generally understood by average players.
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