HCP | Bid |
8-10 | 1NT |
11-12 | 2NT |
13 or more | 3NT |
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Responding to a Take Out Double with a Balanced Hand and the Opponents Suit Stopped
Please read these posts to learn about the take out double.
Introducing the Take Out Double
Responding to a Take Out Double with a Weak Hand
Responding to a Take Out Double with an Intermediate Hand
Responding to a Take Out Double with an Opening Hand
Sometimes when Partner makes a take out double your best suit is the opponents suit!
For instance my Partner makes a take out double of my LHO opening 1♣ bid and I have:
♠A2
♥2
♦K93
♣KQT9874
Partner is asking me to bid ANYHING but ♣ but ♣ is the ONLY suit I have!!! What do I do?!?
Pass of course. By Passing I am converting the original take out double to a penalty double. I are saying "I have the ♣ covered Partner! They won't make this contract!"
Take another hand:
♠K2
♥KJ8
♦9732
♣KQT9
Here my best suit is also the opponents suit. But I don't have a lot of trump. I can't really Pass in this situation. Hmmmmm. What to do?
If you have strength but not length in that suit you can bid NT. The level of NT you bid depends on the number of HCP you have. You MUST have a guaranteed trick in the Opponents suit to bid NT. Preferably two tricks in their suit!
Some books say to bid 1NT with 6-10 HCP. I recommend 8 HCP. Remember, when your Partner makes a take out double bid they might only have 10 HCP. The 13 points they are counting INCLUDES Dummy points. You don't get to count Dummy points for shortness when you are playing in NT. So Partner is down to 10 HCP. If you only have 6 HCP the opponents might have 24 HCP between them. NT is probably not the best place to play then. So be safe and have at least 8 HCP to bid NT.
So with that in mind what do you respond with each of these hands when your LHO opens the bidding 1♣, Partner says "Double" and your RHO Passes?
Hand 1
♠ QT
♥ K73
♦ KQ874
♣ AJT
Hand 2
♠ 752
♥ K75
♦ JT2
♣ AKT8
Hand 3
♠ K54
♥ 753
♦ Q53
♣ K643
Hand 4
♠ KJ2
♥ J84
♦ Q97
♣ AT65
Hand 5
♠ AQJ
♥ A5
♦ T732
♣ KJT3
Hand 6
♠ KQ9
♥ 98
♦ AJ8
♣ AT876
Hand 7
♠ 643
♥ J9
♦ KJ32
♣ KQ86
Hand 8
♠ 865
♥ Q6
♦ J863
♣ AKQT
Hand 9
♠ T82
♥ Q7
♦ AKJT
♣ KJT4
Hand 10
♠ 73
♥ QT8
♦ KT2
♣ AKJ52
Hand 11
♠ KT9
♥ KJ
♦ Q652
♣ AJ82
Hand 12
♠ J87
♥ Q7
♦ JT32
♣ KQ82
Hand 13
♠ T7
♥ J87
♦ AK2
♣ K9432
Hand 14
♠ 85
♥ K76
♦ KQ76
♣ KQ86
Hand 15
♠ Q9
♥ QT8
♦ KT52
♣ AJT9
Hand 16
♠ 952
♥ J7
♦ QJ87
♣ AK82
Hand 17
♠ KQ6
♥ 52
♦ JT54
♣ Q982
Hand 18
♠ 86
♥ 9652
♦ Q54
♣ KJ82
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