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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