[paulg]

Scoring: IMP

You are South and partner opens 1NT (15-17) in 4th position, opposition amazingly silent

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In another thread we are seeing how to bid a strong 5-6, so what about a weak one?

Pickup partnership in a team game, only agreement is "sayc, partner". Your move or plan?

Paul

[I believe, in SAYC, that I cannot use Stayman and bail out in clubs, as that is a slam try]

[pbleighton]

1NT-2S in SAYC is weak and forces 3C, which is pass or correct to 3D.

I wouldn't trust a pickup pd to know this, so I would transfer to hearts.

Peter

[Al_U_Card]

Seems to me that your choice is the known 5-2+ fit at the 2 level or the known 6-2+ fit at the 3 level. I know which one I would choose......

[inquiry]

I use ETM victory method over 1NT, which works wonders on this hand.

The method includes, 2♦ as a transfer to 2♥ with three kind of hands:

• Those hands with five hearts like any normal jacoby.
  
• Any balanced game try with or without four plus hearts (but not four spades)
  
• A hand with four (or five) hearts and long minor (weak or strong)

So here I would bid 2♦. Over 2♦, partner with less than 4♥ will bid 2♥. I will then bid 2♠ which is either a "range check" game try or shows clubs (partner bids 2NT or 3♣ depending upon his stregth). I will signoff in 3♣. If partner shows 4+♥ over 2♦, we will be in at least 3♥ and in all likelyhood, 4♥ if he shows any signs of life (he can show minimum or max with his non-2♥ rebids).

For more on this method, see.... http://www.bridgematters.com/onent.htm

BTW, I have a full FD file on these methods over 1NT.

[Al_U_Card]

As an aside, when RHO takes a bid showing D and a major, do you like your hand more or less?

[MickyB]

I'd probably transfer to hearts in the hope that partner can super-accept.

[pclayton]

I think I'd transfer to ♥'s at any form of scoring. Transferring to clubs or deciding to take 2 calls (unless pard superaccepts) is taking a view IMO.

[mikeh]

Given the constraints of the methods, transferring to ♥. If partner super-accepts, then game is easy (to bid, and probably to make).

I would do this even if I had a transfer to ♣ available, because we are playing imps. I see no plausible way to bid a good game (as opposed to taking a shot) if I started with a transfer to ♣.

At matchpoints or BAM, I would be concerned that 3♣ might score 130 against 110 (or going down on a bad day) in hearts and that transferring to ♥ and passing might allow the opps to get together in ♠: so two ways to lose by transferring to ♥, with 2 ways to win (140 against 130 or 110, and game on some hands) so it would be a tougher decision.

[MickyB]

I quite like the idea of opps finding a spade fit, as long as they don't do it too quickly - might let me get both my suits in

[pclayton]

The nice thing about transferring to hearts and checking out is we have an easy 3♣ compete over their 2♠ balance too.

[paulg]

Partner held

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4♥ should make (even with the 4-0 break) and 3NT should fail (with the ♦J wrong).

I bid an invitational 3♣ and the defence let 3NT make, but, with a bit more time to think, I now believe the transfer to hearts is probably better.

p

[Fluffy]

I would trransfer to 3♣ and pass

[toothbrush]

trf ♥ and pass

[pclayton]

cardsharp, on Jan 7 2006, 06:53 AM, said:

Partner held

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4♥ should make (even with the 4-0 break) and 3NT should fail (with the ♦J wrong).

I bid an invitational 3♣ and the defence let 3NT make, but, with a bit more time to think, I now believe the transfer to hearts is probably better.

p

Hopefully we are playing Bergen accepts where pard can superaccept on a minimum with 4 trump.

A lot of partnerships would miss this game I think.