Opener shows a FIVE card Diamond suit and a FOUR card Club suit
The last few post were talking 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 these posts out first:
Opening 1 of a FIVE card suit and taking Partner out of 1NT by now bidding a lower ranking FOUR card suitOpener has a FIVE card suit and a FOUR card suit when their Partner responds 1NT
Does the five card suit have to be a major?
No! You could have 9 cards in the minors.
Here is your hand:
♠J4
♥84
♦KQT84
♣AK84
You decide to open the bidding 1♦ and 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 four card major.
You should take Partner out of their 1NT and bid your lower ranking four card suit. In this case bid 2♣.
This shows a FIVE card ♦ suit and a four card ♣ suit.
Right now I can hear you screaming:
"Wait a minute! Why does this suddenly show FIVE ♦? When I open 1♦ I only promise three cards in the suit!"
This is true. When you opened the bidding you only showed three cards in the minor.
But you rebid 2♣. You must have a four card ♣ suit.
Opener will always open their LONGEST minor.
You opened 1♦. Your ♦ are longer than your ♣. So if you have four ♣ and your ♦ suit is longer, you must have five ♦.
If you had four cards in each of the minors you might open 1♦ but then when Partner responds 1NT you would probably just leave Partner there. You would be balanced.
(Just want to mention that some people play this just shows 9 cards in the minors -- you might have five ♣ and four ♦ to bid this way. That is another discussion that we shall ignore for now.)
So try bidding these hands:
Hand 1
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