The other problem hand that Transfers fixed were the weaker hands with a 5+ minor and no major. The Stayman convention (just like Jacoby transfers) is only used after a 1 No-Trump opening bid. Join the largest community of bridge players. We play weak no trump, Stayman and four suit transfers. with 2 Majors (5-4, 5-5), responder will switch to the other suit on the rebid, the shorter one if …
Game-forcing Stayman Edit. Meanwhile Stayman is still the most useful bid, and as long as Opener is on the same wavelength, we can incorporate a lot of weaker type hands , some call this system Crawling or Garbage Stayman. Chat, hang out and meet bridge players from all …
For example, a response in diamonds forces a rebid in hearts and a response in hearts forces a rebid in spades. When not using Jacoby transfers (e.g.
It is also designed to find a fit for a Game level contract in a major suit, Spades or Hearts. Jacoby Transfers are used after a player has opened or overcalled a natural 1NT and his partner holds at least one 5-card major suit.
Non-promissory Stayman Edit Exception: Responder can be very weak and intend to pass anything opener does (this means responder has to be prepared to play in 2, so can use Stayman, with say: 5432 5432 65432 --.)
Return to the Bridge Burglar’s Guide to Bridge Bidding Conventions. Play with your real life partner, or find a partner online. over a weak 1NT opening), 2 ♦ may be employed as the game-forcing variant of Stayman and 2 ♣ be the non-forcing variant. Responder naturally wants his side to play in his long suit, but with a weak hand, he would prefer his partner to play the contract.
(I'm not keen on this, since you can miss an 8-card Major fit if you choose the wrong suit. Relax and kibitz world class players. When we had a major we could go through Stayman, but without a major, the hand was unbiddable.
I prefer Stayman). We want a system for responding to 1NT with at least 5-4 in the majors with weak, invitational and game forcing hands and doesn't involve having to remember complicated refinements that differentiate between 5-4, 5-5, 6-4, 6-5 hands.
Opener rebids 2NT if holding no 4-card major. With 5-4 in the majors and enough for game, start with Stayman. Stayman should be used only with game invitational strength. (This italicised section is only for people who insist on using Transfers when they have two long Majors. 2 Responses to “~Minor Suit Stayman and Minor Suit Transfers” Kelly Grace Says: July 5, 2011 at 8:10 am | Reply. I’m a fairly new player, but all of my partners are Life Masters and we have to play in the A section at our local Bridge Club—I call it ‘The Shark Tank’! The Jacoby transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder.