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"Bob Richardson" <bobr at whidbey dot com> wrote:
> > "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? 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 a pick-up game, your 3C SHOULD always be interpreted as Stayman. I
think
> you should have bid 4C over 3D, and yes, continue to 5C is partner bids
> again.
I wouldn't be surprised if opener interprets that 4C as Gerber asking
for aces, and 5C as king-asking.
I think the only calls that are unlikely to be misinterpreted are either
passing 2NT or jumping to 5C (although this might prompt opener to bid
6C with some hands).
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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MA
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