Responder must bid AGAIN!

Remember that hand from yesterday?

Here is your hand:

♠T854
♥A98
♦43
♣AJ93

Playing matchpoints you are vulnerable and the opponent are not. Your Partner opens the bidding 1♦. The Opponents Pass throughout the bidding. We responded 1♠ yesterday. Now Partner bids 3♠. What is your call?

Show Answer

4♠

Partner is showing about 17 or 18 points in support of our suit. We have a nice 9. Yes, it is still a lousy four card major but we do have a fit and now we know we have the values for a game. Bid the game!

Partner's hand is from a previous post. They held:
♠AK62
♥T4
♦AKQT6
♣72

Good thing you bid 1♠. If you had responded 1NT Partner would have had a tough call and might have "Passed". You can take 11 tricks if ♠ are trump and only 10 tricks in NT.