"David Stevenson" <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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.
Right, what I thought was *Baron* must be "modified Baron" or something
else.
Rather than bidding 4 card suits up the line, it required you to bid 4 or
5
card major first, then if none of those, bid diamonds unless clubs were
better.
Mmbridge
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