Saturday, November 5, 2016

Responding to a Cuebid after you originally made a Take Out Double

Please read these posts to learn about the take out double.
Introducing the Take Out Double
Responding to a Take Out Double by Cuebidding the Opponents Suit!
Responding to a Take Out Double by Cuebidding the Opponents Suit! Part II

When Partner responds to your Take Out Double by bidding the opponents suit this is a CUEBID. It tells you that Partner wants to go to game but is unsure where. They are asking YOU to further describe your hand. After all sometimes you are stuck doubling with only one four card major. If you have four cards in one major but not the other bid the major you have four cards in. If you have four cards in BOTH majors you can cuebid right back to them. If the opponents stick in a bid keep in mind you do NOT want to go past game in a major!

There is NO NEED to jump to bid the suit you have your four card major in. Partner will not Pass. They wanted to go to game, remember? They CUEBID.

On each of the following hands your RHO opened the bidding 1♣. You choose to Double. Your LHO Passed and Partner bid 2♣. What will you bid if RHO Passes?

Hand A Hand B Hand C
♠AJ63
KJ83
Q984
♣4
♠AQ3
KJ83
QJ84
♣4
♠AQ63
K83
KJ84
♣4
You have two four card majors. Bid 3♣ You have four but not four ♠. Bid 2 You have four ♠ but not four . Bid 2♠


Let's practice. On each of the following hands your RHO opened the bidding 1♣. You choose to Double. Your LHO Passed and Partner bid 2♣. What will you bid if RHO Passes?

Hand 1

♠Q753
KQ5
KQ83
♣96



Hand 2

♠QJ76
A653
A532
♣A



Hand 3

♠987
AK53
AQ83
♣JT



Hand 4

♠AKT6
QJ82
987
♣AT



Hand 5

♠AKJT
KJ75
J52
♣52



Hand 6

♠KJ92
KJ98
KJ63
♣2



Hand 7

♠AQ85
AJ65
QJ42
♣8



Hand 8

♠K653
JT83
KQJ6
♣J



Hand 9

♠QT65
AKJ4
K86
♣J8



Hand 10

♠Q962
AJT7
KJ72
♣J



Hand 11

♠KQ73
AT54
J765
♣J



Hand 12

♠KJ42
QJ3
QJT9
♣A7



Hand 13

♠AK76
JT54
A64
♣Q5



Hand 14

♠AQJT
AJ2
JT65
♣94



Hand 15

♠Q763
A543
AKJ
♣87



Hand 16

♠AJ94
AKT
T765
♣54



Hand 17

♠KJT2
AKT4
JT94
♣T



Hand 18

♠KQJ5
K73
AJ94
♣83



Hand 19

♠AJ5
A952
Q642
♣K4



Hand 20

♠AJ63
A632
J54
♣K3



Hand 21

♠A984
KQ3
Q862
♣K2



Hand 22

♠AKT8
8532
KQT3
♣9



Hand 23

♠AK96
K875
A73
♣94



Hand 24

♠AQT6
AK72
954
♣T8



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