Puppet Stayman is similar to Five Card Stayman. This makes the use of Puppet Stayman particularly important. Typical responses are used over 2NT (transfers, stayman, etc.). These accusations against Schaffer were spearheaded by Allen Stayman. Stayman and Blackwood are common examples of relay bids. In the "forcing Stayman" variant, the bid is one-round forcing. North has nothing to say and East now uses the Stayman convention. By far, most stolen bids are related to the Stayman convention. This keeps the Stayman bidding at second level. The name 'Namyats' is the surname of Mitchell's bridge partner, Samuel Stayman, spelled backwards. In the standard form of Stayman over 2NT, the responder has only two normal rebids. The descriptive response can be natural (as in Stayman) or coded (as in Blackwood). Stayman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. In "Crawling Stayman", the responder rebids 2 over the Notrump bidder's 2 reply. Puppet Stayman is more commonly used after a 2NT opening than after a 1NT opening.