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#21 User is offline   TWO4BRIDGE 

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Posted 2013-July-09, 07:28

Texas Transfers ON ...only thru 3C interference .

1NT - ( 3D ) - 4D = needed for Stayman and

1NT - ( 3D ) - 4H = natural
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Posted 2013-July-09, 07:57

 barsikb, on 2013-July-08, 11:49, said:

Thank you, ArtK78! And what about 1NT(N)-2C(E)-4D(S)? Is it Texas?


There is no "answer".

Each partnership has to decide for themselves. Some play "transfers off in competition", others play that they still apply up to a certain threshold of overcall, whether it be 2, 3 or whatever. What you will not find is any concensus over what is theoretically best. The expert default, if any, is easily stated as follows:

"Conventions are off in competion unless we have agreed otherwise."
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Posted 2013-July-09, 07:58

 barsikb, on 2013-July-08, 11:49, said:

Thank you, ArtK78! And what about 1NT(N)-2C(E)-4D(S)? Is it Texas?

I would disagree with Phil on this point. It is my experience, at least in the US, that the vast majority of partnerships that play Texas Transfers play them on in competition as long as the interference bid is 3 or lower. In other words, the 4 bid (transfer) is a jump. Of course, each partnership is free to adopt its own methods.

By the way, as far as bidding nomenclature is concerned, it is the usual practice to indicate opponents' calls in parentheses and your side's calls without parentheses. So, the auction that you stated would be:

1NT - (2) - 4

You got your point across, but this method is easier to deal with.
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Posted 2013-July-10, 07:56

Thank you for all the answers.

Will write bidding sequences as you recommend, ArtK78 B-)
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