Thursday, May 4, 2017

Opener has a FIVE card suit and a FOUR card suit when their Partner responds 1NT

Last post we talked about taking your Partner out of their 1NT response if you were unbalanced with a five card major and a lower ranking four card suit.

Check out this post first if you are interested:
Opening 1 of a FIVE card suit and taking Partner out of 1NT by now bidding a lower ranking FOUR card suit

Why does the suit have to be a lower ranking suit?

Here is your hand:

♠A854
KQT84
J8
♣K4

You decide to open the bidding 1 but then Partner bids 1NT. Bidding 1NT as Responder does NOT say they have a balanced hand. It just says Responder has 6 to 10 HCP and no fit for .

BUT it also says that Responder does NOT have four ♠. They would have bid a four card ♠ suit before bidding 1NT.

Sadly you do not have a fit. So even though you are unbalanced you should just leave Partner in 1NT. This avoids you getting too high in the bidding trying to find a fit that probably does not exist.

Besides, nowadays the Opponents try not to let you play at the 1 level. Maybe one of them will come into the auction and rescue us from our misfit.

So try bidding these hands again:

Hand 1

♠KQ943
2
A62
♣KQ96

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 2

♠A32
QJ872
AK73
♣5

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 3

♠AKJ87
A
Q96
♣Q752

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 4

♠Q642
AJ764
A2
♣Q2

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 5

♠42
KQJ86
AQT4
♣J5

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 6

♠AJ6
QJT85
8
♣KQ82

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 7

♠KT873
KJ
A4
♣K853

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 8

♠AQT2
AKT94
98
♣93

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 9

♠8
AQJ98
KJ85
♣K85

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 10

♠KQ864
K2
Q5
♣KQ63

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 11

♠KQJ84
A984
6
♣AJ6

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 12

♠QT843
AQ
65
♣AK76

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 13

♠AKJ4
Q8753
J7
♣A9

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 14

♠AQJT4
KJ952
K3
♣3

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 15

♠QJ943
A
AT
♣A9532

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 16

♠AKQ
QJ642
K876
♣9

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 17

♠Q9654
QT
2
♣AKQ63

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 18

♠KJT2
AJT76
AQ
♣T2

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 19

♠KQ7
KJT53
KJ52
♣6

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 20

♠AQT7
AJT62
Q8
♣T4

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 21

♠KJ743
A654
K3
♣QJ

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 22

♠A974
AT752
KT
♣A8

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 23

♠AKJT7
4
K83
♣QJ83

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 24

♠AT853
QJ96
A3
♣Q9

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1♠ 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 25

♠A983
AJ432
K8
♣Q2

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 26

♠6
KT843
AK43
♣AJ5

This is the auction:
Opener (you) Responder (Partner)
1 1NT
???


What do you think you should rebid?



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