On Apr 30, 4:27 pm, "raija d" <musti...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
On 1NT, you can play both Puppet and Smolen but then you will lose
Garbage
Stayman (much too big a loss, IMO).
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Although I'm with you on this, it is wrong to state that playing both
Smolen and Puppet is what takes away garbage stayman. Since Smolen
only applies to jumps to the 3-level showing 4-5 majors with length in
the other major, it is Puppet Stayman that takes away the garbage
stayman treatment, not the combination of the two.
There is another potential loss in combining Puppet and Smolen over
1nt:
AQxx
KJxxx
xx
xx
KJxx
AQ
Kxxx
Kxxx
In this setup, the bidding with go 1nt 2c; 2d (no 5M) 3s (Smolen); 4s
all pass.
Not only is the more disclosed hand the declarer, the stronger hand is
dummy and his tenaces in the minors are threatened on lead, whereas 4S
played by south is virtually cold.
I don't know, myself, how to evaluate this defect because I don't play
Puppet over 1nt except when I'm playing Precision, and in that case
responder would not be strong enough to use Smolen, for in that case
he would give a positive response to the strong club.
Henrysun909
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