Stayman, Transfers, and replying to 1NT
Jan. 24th, 2013 10:36 amWhen partner opens 1NT, you know quite a lot about their hand. You know it's balanced, and you know how many high card points it has within quite a narrow range.
Thus, you should already know about what contract you want to play. The most common options are:
* We have 25+ points between us, we want to play in 3NT.
* I have a four or five card major suit and want to find out if partner has a fit for it
* We don't have enough for game but I'm happy to play in 1NT
* Agh! I don't have any points, but I have a 5+ card suit, playing in two of that will be
What you almost never need to do is convey any information to your partner. Since you know everything about her hand, and she knows comparatively little about your hand, most of the potential bids are directed to finding out something quite specific about the 1NT hand (eg. "does it have four spades" or "do you have 14 pts or only 12") or just to bid the final contract.
Stayman 2C response to 1NT
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Thus, you should already know about what contract you want to play. The most common options are:
* We have 25+ points between us, we want to play in 3NT.
* I have a four or five card major suit and want to find out if partner has a fit for it
* We don't have enough for game but I'm happy to play in 1NT
* Agh! I don't have any points, but I have a 5+ card suit, playing in two of that will be
What you almost never need to do is convey any information to your partner. Since you know everything about her hand, and she knows comparatively little about your hand, most of the potential bids are directed to finding out something quite specific about the 1NT hand (eg. "does it have four spades" or "do you have 14 pts or only 12") or just to bid the final contract.
Stayman 2C response to 1NT
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