Garbage Stayman

[Hanoi5]

You open, red vs white:

 

♠QT2

♥A72

♦AQ2

♣K862

 

1NT-2♣

2♦-2♥

???

 

How often do you scramble with 5-4/4-5 in the Majors?

[cherdano]

Just make an agreement. Don't scramble with both 5=4 and 4=5.

[TWO4BRIDGE]

You open, red vs white:

 

♠QT2

♥A72

♦AQ2

♣K862

 

1NT-2♣

2♦-2♥

???

 

How often do you scramble with 5-4/4-5 in the Majors?

With a weak 4s/5h, Responder just transfers to ♥ and forgets about Spades.

 

With a weak 4/4 or 5s/4h, Responder bids Stayman.

Then after:

1NT - 2C

2D - 2H

??

The "rules" are:

Opener bids 2S with equal length ( 3/3 ) or longer ♠ ( 3s/2h );

... OR passes with 2s/3h

 

On this hand, Opener bids 2S.

[han]

We always bid 2S with equal length so that opener can be declarer as often as possible. This means that we often transfer with 4-5 in the majors.

[Free]

We always bid 2S with equal length so that opener can be declarer as often as possible. This means that we often transfer with 4-5 in the majors.

Same here. With 5♥-4♠ we transfer, with 5♠-4♥ we start with stayman. It's a simple agreement and it's good enough most of the time.

[whereagles]

Just make an agreement. Don't scramble with both 5=4 and 4=5.

 

Actually, I do have an agreement to always scramble with a 54/45. Pard made me do it lol. Had to mess up the whole system, though.

[helene_t]

I once saw on vugraph Zia-Hamman scrambling with 5-4 and opener passing with 2-2 so they played in a 2-4 fit. To be fair it was in the very early days of their partnership.

[menggq]

2♥ sd be passed since 2♥ no forcing just show ♠4/♥5 with no more than inv hcp.

IF bid 3♥/♠ that's smolen with 4♥5♠/4♠5♥ GF.

IF with inv hand 54 majors bid 2N again if pd accept inv to a game wd bid 3cards major when u hv 5 raise to 4M or bid 3N.

IF with inv- hand just bid 5 cards major pd sd pass it.

[benlessard]

The other reason for scrambling with equal shape is allow a garbage with 3415/3406- if opener pass 2H hes got 2S+3H and 2H will play well enough with 3/3 or 3/2 he will bid 2S and you have a 2nd shot at 3C.