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Your partner opens 1NT and you have a hand like either of these two:   (Often referred to as ... Garbage.)
Do you pass?





  Garbage Bids

Not if you play Garbage Stayman

Players who use this agreement will tell you that you will often get a better score by playing in a major at the 2-level rather than 1NT... so do not pass!

If you bid 2 and your partner then bids a major, you simply smile and pass.

If your partner denies a major by bidding 2, and you have both majors, you bid 2 with the understanding that partner will either pass with 3-card support, or correct to spades with a 3-card spade suit.

If you hold the second hand you could pass if partner denies a 4-card major... Play in diamonds.
(And... you might have only 3-3 in the majors when you have a diamond suit, too.)


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Garbage Stayman is akin to Garbage Transfers:

Partner opens 1NT and you have a hand similar to either of these two hands:

With either hand, your bid is a Jacoby Transfer to a major... Yes, I know the second hand has only a 4-card spade suit, and everybody at the table will be surprised when you put it down in dummy, but that's not a problem... Just put a small club in with the spades and "discover" your "mistake" when you put the hand down.

If you have ever played 1NT with a zero-point dummy, you probably took about 2-3 tricks.  That's not fun.
NOTE:   You might not do any better with the hands above, but sometimes you will!


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