Oren Kriegel, in Modern Bidding, discusses if we should pass or compete after we’ve opened the bidding. In Point of View, we’re sitting South and, in each of the five hands, have to decide whether to keep the auction going or to defend. Most players these days play Jacoby transfers, a convention almost as popular as Stayman. This convention means that declarer is the stronger hand but the hand with fewer trump cards. This puts pressure on declarer to be careful. More
