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Dealer : South
Vuln : Both
CONVENTIONS COLUMN #1
     North
    -
    -
    -
    -
West
-
-
-
-
East
-
-
-
-
 

   South
    A Q 2
    Q J 3
    A K 5 4
    10 7 6

 

You open 1NT (15+ - 18-) and partner responds 2, Stayman.

You rebid 2 and partner next bids 2. What is your next call?

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South
1NT
2
?

West
Pass
Pass
 

North
2
2
 
 
 

East
Pass
Pass
 
 


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Dealer : South
Vuln : Both
CONVENTIONS COLUMN #1
SOLUTION
     North
    K J 7 5
    K 10 8 7 2
    9 3
    J 4
West
-
-
-
-
East
-
-
-
-
 

   South
    A Q 2
    Q J 3
    A K 5 4
    10 7 6

 

You open 1NT (15+ - 18-) and partner responds 2, Stayman.

You rebid 2 and partner next bids 2. What is your next call?

Stayman

This convention is played universally. Over the opening 1NT, responder bids 2 to ask for a four-card major. When opener doesn't have one, he rebids 2. What does responder's next bid mean?

What does responder show if he rebids 2 or 2? There are three ways to play these rebids!

A. Forcing, 5-card suit (old-fashioned, almost no tournament players use this method anymore).

B. Invitational but not forcing, 5-card suit (usually with 4 cards in the other major as well; we vote for this method)

C. Weak, and 2 shows both majors, perhaps 4-4! (This method is called "garbage Stayman.")

Using method B, responder invites game with
2; opener, with golden major-suit cards, raises to game.

 

South
1NT
2
4

West
Pass
Pass
 

North
2
2
 
 
 

East
Pass
Pass