babalu1997 Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Two strange things happened on the way to the forum: I played with Sayc partner number one who played transfer to majors only. The auction went: 1nt-2d-2h-3h-4h. Duumy comes down with 3 heart trumps, and 4 diamonds. I had 3 hearts. Second hand-- 1nt-p-2c-p-2d- 3d -- all pass I now have 2 diamonds and dummy had 4 diamonds. Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS. I played with Sayc partner number two who played transfer to majors only. The auction went: 1nt-2c-2s all pass-this time the dummy had 5 clubs headed by akj and 4 diamonds with a couple of honours. Do we play stayman p? my profile says tranfers to majors only . I found these answers might peculiar, as these were not beginners. I just cannot fathom how could someone learn transfers without playing stayman, or maybe they were having second thoughts about stayman. I swear i had never seen this.. tho some people do not play stayman, the same folks do not play transfers either. What are the odds of playing with 2 such players in one week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 What are the odds of playing with 2 such players in one week?About 0.034% by my calculations. Not likely at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Are you joking this time Josh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Babalu.."I played with Sayc partner number one who played transfer to majors only. The auction went: 1nt-2d-2h-3h-4h. Duumy comes down with 3 heart trumps, and 4 diamonds. I had 3 hearts. Second hand-- 1nt-p-2c-p-2d- 3d -- all pass" neilkaz ..I am in shock that there was a 2nd hand with this PD :) Babalu.."I played with Sayc partner number two who played transfer to majors only. The auction went: 1nt-2c-2s all pass-this time the dummy had 5 clubs headed by akj and 4 diamonds with a couple of honours. Do we play stayman p? my profile says tranfers to majors only ." neilkaz...I trust that there was NOT a 2nd hand with this PD :) Josh has once again proven his amazingly accurate knowledge of percentages here and my calculations agree exactly with his 0.034% :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 "Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS." Babalu, I don't play Stayman and play transfers to the Majors only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I think Josh is underestimating grossly this time. Unfortunately, my brilliant model cannot compute this probability, but based on my own experience I would say about 2%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 "Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS." Babalu, I don't play Stayman and play transfers to the Majors only. HH, does your profile say BASIC SAYC? I bet you would not play that way with a pickup partner. Partners have surprised me before not playing stayman and others who opened 2 clubs not strong, but they were from countries where SAYC is not the norm, so I attributed to that. But these 2 players were actually from North America. As to the partners, no I did not leave the the tournament, just did not open 1nt in subsequent hands and if i could not respond 3nt to their 1nt opening, i passed. Should they contact me by any chance i will likely give them some SAYC WEB reference for their own good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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