gnasher Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I think this is affected by how good a card player your partner is, and how standard your notrump range is. If you're playing the same notrump range as the rest of the field, and you rate your partner's card play, you should leave him to score average plus in 1NT; if you don't think much of his card play you should bid Stayman, attempting to win the board in the bidding because otherwise you expect to lose it in the play. By similar logic, if you're playing a very different range from the rest of the field you should be more inclined to bid Stayman opposite a strong declarer than opposite a weak one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Pass on the first hand. On the second hand, if my methods allow me to bid stayman and then bid 3♣ which is either weak, to play or invite then I'll do that. Otherwise, I'll transfer to clubs and pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 1. Pass. Let em balance. 2. This is a lot tougher but I don't think NT is going to play well with a likely spade lead. I'll transfer to clubs and try to get a good board with pard's fine dummy play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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