[blml] Is ordinary Stayman no longer artificial? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Brian]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:30:40 -0600
"Jerry Fusselman" <jfusselman at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Richard]
> >
> > Okay, 1H promising hearts but also promising one-round-force is
> > not artificial because one-round-force is taken for granted.
> 
> [Jerry]
> Suppose that 1H being one-round-force is taken for granted.  If I play
> *not* forcing, does that makes it artificial?  I cannot tell from the
> definition, and I cannot tell what your position is.  But this is not
> really my original issue at all.
> 

Speaking as someone who does play 1D-1H (and 1D-1S for that matter) as
natural but NOT forcing, I'd be interested to hear a definitive
answer to Jerry's question as above. Yes, I know the non-forcing calls
are unexpected, and we alert them for that reason, but are they
artificial? They show 0-10 HCP with 4+ cards in the suit, and we play
that contract (oppos permitting) most of the time. And if not artificial
now, does it make them artificial when they can be made with a (much)
longer minor? 

Brian. 


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