[blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Robert Geller]

Alain Gottcheiner さんは書きました:
>You know what ? That's my strong impression. It is so incredible to play 2D 
>as a transfer in such a situation (what do you do on a flat hand ?) that it 
>will need more than a piece of paper to convince me. 'credo quia absurdum' 
>doesn't apply to bridge.

Playing 2D as a transfer after the OPPT's 2C may be "incredible" to you,
but here in Japan, and I suspect in many other places, most good players
use a double of 2C (in the sequence PARTNER=1NT, OPPT=2C (conventional))
as Stayman and all other bids are "system on" (i,e. the same meaning as if
the oppt  had passed).   Since you couldn't bid 2D naturally if the oppt
passed the general opinion is it's no big deal to give up the natural 2D in
a competitive sequence.  The gain is that you still get to play your who system
(transfers, staymen, etc, etc).

-Bob

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Robert (Bob) Geller,     Tokyo, Japan        geller at nifty.com