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linda14808 1 posts bridgetalk member Reply

Use of Stayman ( 08:01:49 WedNov 13 2002 ) Select Action Reply Quote post Report post Last posts Ignore user Global ignore Whisper Is it considered to be part of standard Acol to bid Stayman with a long weak club suit with the intention of re-bidding clubs over partner's response? (This is taught in the "Bridge for All" "Really Easy Bidding Book".) If so, if a partnership play simple system Acol and do not have a convention card (and therefore cannot state, unless asked, that they play Stayman without a 4 card major) can opposing partnerships claim that they have been damaged by their bidding methods?

bluejak 428 posts Forum Host Reply

Re: Use of Stayman ( 11:41:34 WedNov 13 2002 ) Select Action Reply Quote post Report post Last posts Ignore user Global ignore Whisper Stayman is a bid that asks a question, but does not show anything. A player cannot be damaged if he makes assumptions about what a player holds from the statement that he plays Stayman. A player who when he bids 2C either has a four-card major or a weak hand with long clubs is playing Stayman. A player who always guarantees a four-card major when he bids 2C is playing Stayman. A player who has more complex rebids so when he bids Stayman may have a variety of types of hand, some with a four-card major, some without, is playing Stayman. If a player wishes to know what hands a player who uses Stayman holds then it is easy for him to ask but he should not assume. One of the sadnesses of this game is that there are so many different ways to play, but beginners do not get told this, so many of them get upset when they find things are not played their way in the real world. --- David Stevenson <laws2@blakjak.com> Liverpool, England, UK http://blakjak.com/lws_menu.htm

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