Here is your hand:
♠A9432
♥A9
♦AQ542
♣8
Partner has dealt and opened the bidding 1♣. You respond 1♠. That bid is pretty easy. No point in jumping in the bidding. 1♠ is a forcing bid and Partner must bid again. I MUST remember to get this partnership to game because Partner opened the bidding and I have an opening hand.
The opponents Pass throughout the auction.
Partner responds 2NT. What is your bid?
Wait a minute. First tell me what Partner is showing for their bid.
Now what is your bid and where do you eventually want to be?
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Most students bid 3♦ and then when Partner rebids 3NT they Pass. After all the partnership is in game.
But think about it. How many points did Partner show when they bid 2NT?
Yep, about 18 or 19 points. These should be HIGH card points also. So Aces and Kings.
You have a fit so now YOU (if you are Declarer) get to count LENGTH points. That's two extra points in your hand. You now have 14 HCP and 2 Length points. That's 16 points.
Partner should have 18 points minimum.
Bid 6♦.
Some students like to bid Blackwood to find out about Aces. No need to do that here. You can't be off two Aces. (You do have three of them.)
Bidding 6♦ tells Partner you wish to play in a small slam. But PARTNER gets to choose the suit. You bid 1♠ originally so your ♠ should be as long as or longer than your
♦ but you should have at least five cards in both suits. That way you know you have a fit somewhere. You are just not sure where. Partner can either Pass 6♦ or bid 6♠ with three ♠ in their hand.
On this hand Partner might even bid 6NT because they hold:
♠T6
♥KQ43
♦KJT
♣AKQT
and have the rest of the suits well stopped.
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