Review Question Answers – 1NTSR

The questions from 1-No Trump Stayman Responses are shown with answers and a short explanation.

Review Questions

Some questions may have more than one correct answer.

           
North/South Hands
    North
♠ A, 7, 3     
♥ A, 8, 4, 5
♦ 4
♣A, 10, 6, 3		     South
♠ Q, 9, 4
♥ K, 10, 3
♦ A, Q, J, 10, 9
♣ K, 9, 4

Answer the following questions related to the partnership above using Stayman responses.

1. What does South open and why?

1 ♣1 ♦1 NT2 NT

South has 15 HCP and a balanced hand containing no voids, no singletons and no doubletons. with 15 HCP, the hand is in the range of 15-17 HCP, so bid 1 No Trump.

 

2. How will North respond and why?

2 ♣2 ♦2 NT3 NT

North has 12 HCP and 14 points. With no 5-card suit and a 4-card ♥ suit, North should bid 2 ♣, Stayman.

 

3. How should South respond to North and why?

2 ♦2 ♥2 NT3 NT

South doesn’t have support for either major suit. With only 15 HCP, South should not bid game, so South shows his nonsupport of major suits by bidding 2 NT.

 

4. How does North respond to South’s bid and why?

Pass3 ♣3 ♦3 NT

South can’t support ♥, so a No Trump bid is appropriate. With 12 HCP, North has enough points to make a game bid, but not enough points to consider a slam bid. North should bid 3 NT.

 

           
North/South Hands
    North
♠ J, 10, 5, 2      
♥ A, 2
♦ A, 5
♣A, 10, 5, 4, 3		     South
♠ A, 9, 8, 4
♥ K, J, 9, 3
♦ K, Q, 10
♣ K, 6

Answer the following questions related to the partnership above using Stayman responses.

5. What does South open and why?

1 ♥1 ♠1 NT2 NT

South has 16 HCP and 17 points with a balanced hand containing no voids, no singletons and 1 doubleton. with 16 HCP, the hand is in the range of 15-17 HCP, so bid 1 No Trump.

 

6. How will North respond and why?

2 ♣2 ♠2 NT3 NT

North has 13 HCP and 15 points. With a 4-card ♠ suit, North should bid 2 ♣, Stayman.

 

7. How should South respond to North and why?

2 ♥2 ♠2 NT3 NT

South has 4 ♥ and 4 ♠. South should go up the ladder and bid 2 ♥. South needs to hear from North before deciding on a game bid.

 

8. How does North respond to South’s bid and why?

3 ♣2 ♠2 NT3 NT

North doesn’t have 4-card support in ♥. With 13 HCP. North can make a game bid, so North should bid 3 NT.

 

9. How does South respond to North’s bid and why?

Pass4 ♥4 ♠4 NT

South has 4 ♠. South knows that North must have 4 ♠, because of the Stayman response. South also knows that North has more than 10 HCP. Therefore, South can bid 4 ♠, which is a safer bid than 3 NT.

 

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