How To Play Stayman

In this lesson I discuss the basics of Stayman, which situations it applies in and then what continuations are.

[@TheSFPL]

Thanks for the lessons!

[@petercunliffe7911]

Excellant

[@harrisbobroff9813]

Just tried discussing these bids the other day, but I forgotten them. So thanks for the refresher course.

[@TheWalt215]

As a fellow bridge instructor, I really appreciate these videos. I have recommended your site to all of my students. Thanks for posting!

[@BridgeWithPete]

Thanks Walter I really appreciate the support

[@suhaskunte1397]

Iike it and follow always.You explain very nice way

[@dmnemaine]

One of my peeves is when partners think that they can skip the stayman steps because they "know" you've got game.

[@dorothybougen4254]

Thanks explained very well

[@fee346100]

Thanks!

[@thunder9539]

Funny story, Once I opened 1 NT with 2 4 card majors and like you said after partner's stayman bid I answered 2 hearts on which partner rebid 3 NT. Of course as you said, I inferred that partner had a 4 card spade suit and I corrected to 4 spades. Partner then bid 5 hearts!!! After I recovered from my shock :) I had to wonder if they were cue bidding in support of spades since I have never seen or even heard of this bidding sequence. Then I remembered he was willing to have game played at 3NT, so how could they have a hand that is suddenly worth a slam try? I eventually decided that they had made some kind of mistake and passed 5 hearts. It turned out that partner did have a heart fit but wanted to play in 3 NT because of his intermediaries and because at MP's he thought it was a good shot. So he bid a "PSYCHIC STAYMAN" to indicate a 4 card spade suit and discourage a spade lead from defenders (he had Kx in spades). Being off an AK in a minor, with no way of getting rid of the cards and also QJxxx in trumps with divided AK between the hands I thought for sure that I was off at least 1. either QJ was falling doubleton or I was down. So I went for the hero play and made the 5 heart contract with the only other option available, a "Devil's Coup" in trumps. This is the only time that I've been able to play make this play in over 10 years of playing.

[@BridgeWithPete]

haha nice - that was inventive bidding from your partner. I've never managed a devils coup - still on my list of things to do.

[@thunder9539]

Yes, he was a very good player and we had many successful tournaments together. I just had to keep my portable defibrillator handy for when I needed to be revived from his "inventive" bids.

[@dmnemaine]

What do you think of using Gerber over stayman to show slam interest?

[@lifeafterdeathafterlife8792]

ok never mind. 8 or more points should mention this up front ~!!

[@guyredares]

Pleeeease make a video about checkback Stayman too

[@runeljungstrommer331]

Well, let`s hear...

[@Carterofmars]

What system on bidding are you using Peter?

[@BridgeWithPete]

I usually play 2/1. Whichever system you play stayman is still a good choice but the point values for using it may change.

[@michaelgecht6690]

I think Board 1 belongs in 4H after finding a heart fit and then counting Dummy points. Please reply.

[@BridgeWithPete]

The responder is the one who will be choosing the final contract. On board 1 we have opened 1NT and shown our 4 hearts so partner can than choose the final spot.

[@alicemartin7039]

+

[@taratalwar3438]

How many points do I need to bid 1no trump

[@deliapfenninger4285]

15-17 points

[@manoharbhandare5733]

You speak very fast please explain in slow

[@BridgeWithPete]

Thanks for letting me know. I find it hard to slow myself down. I can recommend pausing the video to give yourself a chance to process it. It might help.

[@hibernogirl]

You can slow down the speed of a KZbin video, see cogwheel for 'settings'

[@marcellamalerba4425]

Traduci

[@RobertCaraher-zh2zw]

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