[ahydra]

Partner opens a 12-14 NT in second seat. Both vul at IMPs.

You have: KJxx J8xx J6xx A

Do you Stayman or pass? (Stayman promises at least one 4cM. You have weak stayman 2C-2D-2H available but it would normally show 4=5 shape)

ahydra

[mikestar13]

2♣, intending to pass 2♦ This is worse than passing 1NT if partner is exactly 3-3-2-5 and they let you play it and don't let you play unboubled when they would have set you in 1NT. So pretty unlikely. I 'd bid this way in imps though when 1NT-2♣-2♦-P does go wrong, it can go badly wrong. I'd be more enthusiastic about my choice at matchpoints.

[Cyberyeti]

Do I think I'm making game if partner has a 4 card major ? I'd suggest not, if partner has a 5 card major that's unfortunate, I'd probably stayman and pass partner's response, if he's 3325 that's unfortunate, at teams that seems a decent bet, at pairs I bid 2♣-2♦-2♥ but we have the arrangement that with 3♠2♥ we bid 2♠ over this

[Tramticket]

As 10-counts go, it is poor - worth a down-grade if anything.

[nige1]

ahydra ;Both vul at IMPs. Do you Stayman or pass? (Stayman promises at least one 4cM. You have weak stayman 2C-2D-2H available but it would normally show 4=5 shape)
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Ahydra seems to have 2 kinds of Stayman available. IMO, he should stil bid 2♣ hoping to reach at least a 4-3 fit...

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[FelicityR]

ahydra, on 2019-July-24, 05:51, said:

You have: KJxx J8xx J6xx A

It must have been a close decision given that the ♦ suit has a '6' in it

But I agree with other commentators that a bid of 2♣ as 'semi-garbage' Stayman looks best. You have three chances of hitting the right suit, as for the right denomination that's a completely another matter. You have no way of knowing whether you are playing in a 4-4 or a 5-4 fit if partner bids 2♥/2♠. If you then raise to the three level how's partner going to interpret whether if it is feasible to proceed to game?

[sfi]

We have enough points that I'm not really worried about 1NT, but I would not want to invite game opposite a balanced hand with a 4-card major (4-4-4-1 hands often don't play as well as you would like them to). I might find a better fit elsewhere, but it's often going to be a 4-3 fit. Even if we do find a 4-4 fit, we will have told them that a trump lead is likely to be a good idea. So they will get off to a good lead.

Given all that, I'm just letting partner play 1NT.