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More Stayman…
We have established that - if responder has a game-going hand - Stayman should be used whenever he has a precisely four-card major (unless 4333 - prefer Notrumps). Answer this question before reading on - should this deal’s North reply 2 ♣ to his partner’s 1 NT?
The answer is yes! North is correct to use Stayman - but not because of his five-card heart suit. He only needs three hearts for a fit, and can easily find that out by jumping to 3 ♥ (or responding 2 ♦ if playing Transfers). No - North uses Stayman because of his four-card spade suit. Bidding 2 ♣ is the only way that North can locate a four-four spade fit.
If South had replied 2 ♦, North would have jumped to 3 ♥, showing his five card suit (and inferentially four spades - or why did he bother with Stayman). But when South replies 2 ♠, North looks at his fine shape and 18 good-looking points, and simply jumps to 6 ♠.
6 ♥ and 6 NT both fail with the unlucky heart split, two tricks having to be lost in the suit. But the optimum contract of 6 ♠ depends on little more than one out of two finesses succeeding.
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| Pass | 2 ♣1 | Pass | 2 ♠ |
| Pass | 6 ♠2 | Pass | Pass |
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| 6 ♠ by South |
| Lead: ♣ Q |
Declarer wins the queen of clubs opening lead in hand, and runs the ten of trumps. When this holds the trick, he plays a second trump to dummy’s jack. He cashes the ace of trumps, felling West’s king, then crosses to his queen of diamonds to finesse the jack of hearts (by now he has the luxury of merely fiddling about for the overtrick). East wins the king (no overtrick) and returns the jack of diamonds. Declarer wins dummy’s ace, cashes the ace-queen of hearts, returns to the king of diamonds, cashes the other top club, and cross-trumps the last two tricks. Slam made.
