> "regis" <rrregis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:1137789195.194834.143120@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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?
Well, you might apply one of Jeff Goldsmith's "Imperious Rules of
Bridge" here and bid 3NT. The theory is that if clubs run, you'll make
3NT, and if they don't, you won't make 2NT. However, a random online
pickup partner may not understand this theory.
I think that the "Standard American" way here is just to pass 2NT.
-- Adam
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