Stayman with 4-3-3-3?

[Gpm_bg]

All depends of style for opening 1NT

 

Using 5-4-2-2 6-3-2-2 or sort of combinations make desicion harder.

 

 

with hand like AKxx AQx KJx 10xx i would open 1♣ and rebid 2♠

 

something like mine own desicion but i like to ensure partner that we are not truly vulnerable of any of suit.

opening NT is as level high who stop oponents to show natural suit at 1st level but same and for partner

 

opening 1♣ or 1♦ gave more freedom for understanding on safety level with partner.

 

like 1♣ -> 1♦ -> 1♥/♠ -> 1NT many information

 

even 1♣ 1♥/♠ 1NT - 2♣/♦ checkbacks, which is better then simply 1nt opening

[whereagles]

So here we have 2 conflicting indicators, one pointing towards suit cotract (or at least towards its investigation via Stayman), and another pointing towards a 3NT signoff bid.

There are more NT indicators, namely that having top tricks indicates the possibility of being able to run 9 tricks from top.

 

But anyway, it's difficult to gauge how important pros and cons are. The only way to sort this out would be to run a simulation.

[Chamaco]

There are more NT indicators, namely that having top tricks indicates the possibility of being able to run 9 tricks from top.

 

In my experience, what you say here usually applies when you have a long suit (6+ cards) that - thanks to the top controls -can be expected to run for no losers, hence a NT contract is quite good.

 

But when your longest suit is 4 cards (sometimes even 5), then having good controls (AK) and no quacks tends to increase the chances that a suit contract plays better (because the 3rd round loser can often be ruffed in a suit contract, so the suit will have no losers).

 

That's why I am arguing that when we do have 2 flat hands facing each other, AKs are generally a suit contract indicator.

 

But I guess none of us is a Meckwell nor a Bocchi Duboin ;)

[ochinko]

with hand like AKxx AQx KJx 10xx i would open 1♣ and rebid 2♠

That seems very wrong to me. It is a textbook 1NT opening if I ever saw one. Why would you lie both about your strength and your distribution?

 

When you hear 1H from your partner he could very well have 5 of them. You bid 2S, and you end in 5C in no time with 4 clubs in partner's hand. They'll go down when you could make 3NT or 4H, or make when everyone else made 6H. Or fail in 6C when there were 7H. Or you could have only 9 tricks, but end up in 4S. Such bidding begs for one disaster or another.