Mmbridge wrote
>"Mmbridge" <jimfox00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "regis" <rrregis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> 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).
>>
>> In SA, 2C/2D/2N/3C will normally mean the same as 2N/3C, i.e. stayman,
>> puppet, or baron (bid your 4-card major; if no 4-card major, bid your
>> better minor).
>
>Just to amend my posting, in "simple" baron you bid 3D to show better or
>equal diamonds, 3N to show better clubs.
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In Baron you bid your suits upwards: I ought to know, it was the
'standard' response ot 2NT in England for nearly twenty years, though i
loathed it and refused to play it. So 3H denied four diamonds, and 3NT
denied any suit but clubs.
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