[babalu1997]

Two strange things happened on the way to the forum:

I played with Sayc partner number one who played transfer to majors only.

The auction went: 1nt-2d-2h-3h-4h. Duumy comes down with 3 heart trumps, and 4 diamonds. I had 3 hearts.

Second hand-- 1nt-p-2c-p-2d- 3d -- all pass

I now have 2 diamonds and dummy had 4 diamonds.

Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS.

I played with Sayc partner number two who played transfer to majors only.

The auction went: 1nt-2c-2s all pass-this time the dummy had 5 clubs headed by akj and 4 diamonds with a couple of honours.

Do we play stayman p? my profile says tranfers to majors only .


I found these answers might peculiar, as these were not beginners.

I just cannot fathom how could someone learn transfers without playing stayman, or maybe they were having second thoughts about stayman.

I swear i had never seen this.. tho some people do not play stayman, the same folks do not play transfers either.

What are the odds of playing with 2 such players in one week?

[jdonn]

babalu1997, on Mar 19 2009, 08:32 PM, said:

What are the odds of playing with 2 such players in one week?

jdonn, on Mar 19 2009, 12:57 AM, said:

About 0.034% by my calculations. Not likely at all.

[hanp]

Are you joking this time Josh?

[neilkaz]

Babalu.."I played with Sayc partner number one who played transfer to majors only.

The auction went: 1nt-2d-2h-3h-4h. Duumy comes down with 3 heart trumps, and 4 diamonds. I had 3 hearts.

Second hand-- 1nt-p-2c-p-2d- 3d -- all pass"

neilkaz ..I am in shock that there was a 2nd hand with this PD

Babalu.."I played with Sayc partner number two who played transfer to majors only.

The auction went: 1nt-2c-2s all pass-this time the dummy had 5 clubs headed by akj and 4 diamonds with a couple of honours.

Do we play stayman p? my profile says tranfers to majors only ."

neilkaz...I trust that there was NOT a 2nd hand with this PD

Josh has once again proven his amazingly accurate knowledge of percentages here and my calculations agree exactly with his 0.034%

[the hog]

"Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS."

Babalu, I don't play Stayman and play transfers to the Majors only.

[helene_t]

I think Josh is underestimating grossly this time. Unfortunately, my brilliant model cannot compute this probability, but based on my own experience I would say about 2%.

[babalu1997]

The_Hog, on Mar 20 2009, 04:01 AM, said:

"Do we play stayman p? NO, JUST TRANFER TO MAJORS."

Babalu, I don't play Stayman and play transfers to the Majors only.

HH, does your profile say BASIC SAYC? I bet you would not play that way with a pickup partner.

Partners have surprised me before not playing stayman and others who opened 2 clubs not strong, but they were from countries where SAYC is not the norm, so I attributed to that.

But these 2 players were actually from North America.

As to the partners, no I did not leave the the tournament, just did not open 1nt in subsequent hands and if i could not respond 3nt to their 1nt opening, i passed.

Should they contact me by any chance i will likely give them some SAYC WEB reference for their own good.