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 suit
Opener 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

♠KT873
♥KJ
♦A4
♣K853

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 2

♠AKJ4
♥Q8753
♦J7
♣A9

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 3

♠KQJ84
♥A984
♦6
♣AJ6

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 4

♠QT843
♥AQ
♦65
♣AK76

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 5

♠AT853
♥QJ96
♦A3
♣Q9

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 6

♠9
♥AK3
♦AQ732
♣Q632

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 7

♠Q642
♥AJ764
♦A2
♣Q2

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 8

♠A7
♥T
♦AQT74
♣QJ975

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 9

♠KJT2
♥AJT76
♦AQ
♣T2

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 10

♠8
♥AQJ98
♦KJ85
♣K85

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 11

♠A32
♥QJ872
♦AK73
♣5

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 12

♠A3
♥Q4
♦AT986
♣K984

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 13

♠AJ6
♥QJT85
♦8
♣KQ82

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 14

♠AT9
♥6
♦AQ853
♣AQ72

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 15

♠KJ743
♥A654
♦K3
♣QJ

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 16

♠42
♥KQJ86
♦AQT4
♣J5

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 17

♠A983
♥AJ432
♦K8
♣Q2

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 18

♠AQT2
♥AKT94
♦98
♣93

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 19

♠KQ943
♥2
♦A62
♣KQ96

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 20

♠QJ2
♥7
♦KJT85
♣AK75

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 21

♠AKJT7
♥4
♦K83
♣QJ83

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 22

♠AKJ87
♥A
♦Q96
♣Q752

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 23

♠AQJT4
♥KJ952
♦K3
♣3

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 24

♠KQ7
♥KJT53
♦KJ52
♣6

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 25

♠A4
♥T9
♦A9754
♣KQ64

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 26

♠A974
♥AT752
♦KT
♣A8

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 27

♠Q
♥KT8
♦AK543
♣KT82

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 28

♠QJ943
♥A
♦AT
♣A9532

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 29

♠KQ864
♥K2
♦Q5
♣KQ63

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 30

♠J
♥QJ6
♦KQJ87
♣KQ54

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 31

♠6
♥KT843
♦AK43
♣AJ5

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 32

♠AJ5
♥9
♦AJ987
♣AJ74

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1 ♦	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 33

♠AQT7
♥AJT62
♦Q8
♣T4

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 34

♠AKQ
♥QJ642
♦K876
♣9

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♥	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?



Hand 35

♠Q9654
♥QT
♦2
♣AKQ63

This is the auction:

Opener (you)	Responder (Partner)
1♠	1NT
???

What do you think you should rebid?