Rebid question

Playing matchpoints. You are not vulnerable and the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠KQ54
♥KT43
♦T
♣AQ96

You are Dealer. The Opponents are silent during the auction. You decide to open the bidding 1♣. Your Partner responds 1♥. What is your call?

Show Answer

3♥.

This tells Partner you have a ♥ fit (so you must have four since Partner only promised four) and about 17 or 18 points (though you'd make this bid with a really good 16 also.)

Only have 14 points you say? You have 14 HCP (High Card Points) but you have three DUMMY points! Don't forget to include those!

Plus don't even THINK about mentioning your ♠ suit first. If you don't support Partner NOW you DON'T have four card support. It's as simple as that.

A Rebid

Playing matchpoints. Neither you nor the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠T93
♥KQJT
♦A64
♣A96

You open the bidding 1♣. The Opponents are silent during the auction. Partner responds 1♥. What is your call and what are you telling Partner?

Show Answer

2♥

This shows a minimum opening hand (up to a bad 16 points) with four ♥.

Opener Rebids

Playing matchpoints. You are not vulnerable and the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠AJ32
♥3
♦AQ965
♣K87

You are Dealer and decide to open the bidding 1♦. Partner responds 1♠. The Opponents are not bidding. What is your call over 1♠?

Show Answer

Bid 3♠. This shows a 17 or 18 points (good 16) with four ♠.

You have 14 HCP (High Card Points) and 3 DUMMY points (you will be Dummy!) so that is a NICE hand! You need to bid more than just 2♠.

Rebids by Opener

Playing matchpoints. Both you and the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠J9
♥AKJ3
♦AK8
♣K542

You are Dealer. You decide to open the bidding 1♣. Both Opponents are silent throughout the auction. Partner says 1♥.

What is your call?

Show Answer

4♥.

This shows about 19-21 points with four ♥.

You could also bid 2NT to show a balanced 18 or 19 point hand. But that would DENY having ♥ support. Which you have.

If Partner had responded 1♠ your bid would be 2NT.

Showing a fit

Playing matchpoints. You are vulnerable and the Opponents are not.

Here is your hand:
♠AT87
♥K86
♦5
♣AK964

Partner is Dealer and Passes. The Opponents are silent throughout the auction. You decide to open the bidding 1♣. Partner responds 1♠.

What is your call?

Show Answer

How about 3♠?

You only have 14 High Card Points but you have a singleton. You will be Dummy. You get to count 3 points for that singleton. Now you have 17 points.

Bidding 3♠ in this auction shows about 17 or 18 points.

Rebidding with Support

Here is your hand:
♠AK96
♥Q943
♦8
♣AK65

You are Dealer and decide to open the bidding ♣. The Opponents Pass throughout the bidding. Partner bids 1♥. What is your call?

Count your points. How many points do you have?

What is your bid?

Show Answer

Answer:
If you said you have 16 points in your hand you were counting High Card Points (HCP) only.

You have a fit for Partner. Partner should have four ♥ to respond and you have four ♥. You will be Dummy. You now get 3 points for your singleton ♦. You no longer just have 16 HCP -- you have 19 points.

With 19 points in support of Partner's major you need to bid 4♥.

If you bid 3♥ (only) Partner is allowed to say "PASS". But Partner should have 6 HCP to respond. Together you have at least 25 points which is enough to make game. Bid the game.

Here is Partner's hand:
♠QT8
♥KJT7
♦AK62
♣98

If you respond 4♥ Partner is going to get very excited with their 13 HCP and bid a slam. After all you are showing about 20 points for your bid.

You can take 12 tricks with both hands.

At the novice game on Tuesday NOT ONE PAIR reached the slam.

To test yourself on rebidding with support for Partner's major check out the following post:
Rebidding when you have a fit for Partner's Major and can count Distribution points

Responding to Partner

Here is your hand:
♠AQT4
♥AQ42
♦K962
♣8

You decide to open the bidding 1♦. The opponents passed throughout the bidding. Partner responds 1♠.

What is your bid? You are playing match points.

Show Answer

First thing to think about is "Do you have a fit for Partner?"

When Partner responds they are only showing a four card suit. But you have a four card suit. You have a fit. You need to support Partner.

Bidding:
2♠ would show about 13 to 16 points with four ♠
3♠ would show about 17 or 18 points with four ♠
4♠ would show about 19 to 21 points with four ♠

So now the question is "How many points do you have?"

If you answered 15 points you were only counting your High Card Points. Since you have a fit you can also count Dummy points.

So the question (again) is "How many points do you have?"

You have 18 points. 15 HCP and 3 Dummy points.

Therefore your bid is 3♠.

This is actually the hand that goes with the hand from the last two posts.

Here is the other hand:
♠K752
♥3
♦AQJT
♣AQ32

♠AQT4
♥AQ42
♦K962
♣8

In the game only two pairs managed to reach the small slam. Good for you if you were one of them!

Rebid Question

Here is your hand:
♠8762
♥AK
♦AQJ6
♣KQ8

You are Dealer and have opened the bidding 1♣. You have agreed that opening 1NT shows 15 to 17 HCP so your hand (with 18 HCP) is too strong to open 1NT.

The opponents Pass throughout the auction.

Partner responds 1♠. What is your bid?

Show Answer

Bid 4♠.

Do NOT bid 2NT.

You have a balanced hand (this is true) and you have the values for a jump to 2NT (18 or 19 HCP) BUT you have a FIT for Partner's suit. With that fit you can now count one more point for your doubleton ♥. That brings you to 20 points. Partner is showing at least 6 HCP. You have enough for a game in ♠. Bid it.

Yes your trump are terrible. But you have the rest of the suits all sewn up. Besides Partner must have some values, somewhere. Maybe they are in the trump suit?

If you decide to bid 2NT Partner can Pass and you will miss out on a game.

If Partner Passes 4♠ (which they probably will) at least you are in game.

Another Rebid Question

Here is your hand:
♠AQ98
♥82
♦K98
♣AKQJ

You decide to open 1♣. Your LHO Passes and Partner responds 1♠. RHO Passes. What is your rebid?

Show Answer

The correct bid on this hand is 4♠. This shows 19 to 21 points and a fit for Partner. Partner is only showing a four card ♠ suit so you should also have a four card ♠ suit.

Some novices think this is a sign off bid. NO. This hand is saying "Hey, Partner. You told me you have 6 HCP and four ♠ and I want to be in a GAME. Since you need about 26 points for game I must have about 20 points to make this bid.

Other bids you should reject:
3♠. This gets the fit across but shows about 17 or 18 points. You have 19 HCP plus 1 Dummy point for the doubleton ♥. You KNOW the partnership belongs in a game. BID the game.

2NT. This shows a balanced hand with 18 or 19 HCP which you have, BUT this also DENIES having a fit for Partner. Tell Partner you have a fit with their ♠.

Balanced Hand Rebids where you might have a fit for Partner's Major

This post combines several posts together. To look at the different responses individually, read the following posts:
How to Show Balanced Hands
Rebidding when you have a fit for Partner's Major and can count Distribution points

After reading those two posts you should have had some practice rebidding balanced hands and also rebidding hands where you have a fit for Partner's major. Here is some practice combining the two things together.

Opener	Responder
1♦	1♥
If Opener now bids:	This shows :
2♥	Support for Partners ♥ suit and about 13 to 16 points
3♥	Support for Partners ♥ suit and about 17 to 18 points
4♥	Support for Partners ♥ suit and about 19 to 21 points
1NT	This denies support for Partners ♥ suit, denies having four ♠ and shows 13 or 14 HCP
2NT	This denies support for Partners ♥ suit, denies having four ♠ and shows 18 or 19 HCP

What will you open the bidding? What will you rebid once your Partner responds 1♥? What does this rebid show?

Hand 1

♠K6
♥AQJ7
♦AJ53
♣K95



Hand 2

♠JT4
♥A84
♦AJ74
♣A32



Hand 3

♠T4
♥A976
♦AK98
♣QJ7



Hand 4

♠QT4
♥J72
♦AK84
♣K87



Hand 5

♠K82
♥Q987
♦KJ64
♣KJ



Hand 6

♠A54
♥AK8
♦T432
♣K98



Hand 7

♠Q95
♥KJ7
♦AKJ9
♣KJ5



Hand 8

♠AJT
♥J432
♦AJ54
♣Q5



Hand 9

♠A74
♥AK2
♦AQ95
♣J85



Hand 10

♠Q94
♥KT2
♦AQJ6
♣Q87



Hand 11

♠J64
♥A972
♦AKQ2
♣86



Hand 12

♠AT2
♥AJ9
♦QJ76
♣AQ2



Hand 13

♠AQJ
♥K82
♦QT64
♣AQ6



Hand 14

♠K5
♥6542
♦AQT9
♣A64



Hand 15

♠K86
♥KQ4
♦KQ82
♣AJT



Hand 16

♠AQ6
♥KQ9
♦A975
♣A62



Hand 17

♠QJ3
♥AQJ
♦KQ73
♣QJ9



Hand 18

♠K8
♥AQ43
♦JT76
♣KT3



Hand 19

♠AJ2
♥AQT9
♦QJ93
♣A5



Hand 20

♠KQ7
♥QJ92
♦AQ96
♣84



Hand 21

♠A62
♥763
♦AKT9
♣Q43



Hand 22

♠AT3
♥KQ93
♦Q853
♣KT



Hand 23

♠T6
♥AT84
♦K732
♣AQ9



Hand 24

♠KT5
♥AJT
♦AT32
♣J63



Hand 25

♠KQ
♥KJ87
♦KQT8
♣A64



Hand 26

♠AJ5
♥A74
♦KJT7
♣AJ2



Hand 27

♠K4
♥AKT3
♦JT86
♣AQJ



Hand 28

♠QJT
♥AKJ
♦KJT9
♣KT8



Hand 29

♠K65
♥K97
♦A982
♣K43



Hand 30

♠Q83
♥AKJ8
♦A543
♣96



Hand 31

♠QJ2
♥AJ9
♦K753
♣AK5



Hand 32

♠A6
♥K532
♦QT76
♣AKQ



Hand 33

♠A84
♥KT3
♦KJ62
♣QJ2



Hand 34

♠K2
♥AKJ3
♦KJ72
♣QJ6



Hand 35

♠Q4
♥AT63
♦A976
♣A93



Hand 36

♠K82
♥842
♦QT86
♣AKJ



Hand 37

♠KJ3
♥QJ75
♦AKT9
♣KJ



Hand 38

♠J3
♥AKT8
♦Q875
♣K85



Hand 39

♠Q73
♥AJ64
♦AKQ8
♣Q3



Hand 40

♠AJ
♥A752
♦AKQ4
♣987



Hand 41

♠T8
♥Q962
♦AQ97
♣AQ9



Hand 42

♠A93
♥9854
♦AKQT
♣AJ



Hand 43

♠AQ9
♥K62
♦AKT3
♣K73



Hand 44

♠A84
♥AJ74
♦AK42
♣Q4



Hand 45

♠Q97
♥A43
♦AJT3
♣Q52



Hand 46

♠K85
♥AJ2
♦JT93
♣A98



Hand 47

♠J4
♥AQJ9
♦QJ72
♣QT8



Hand 48

♠J65
♥AQJ3
♦AQT2
♣AT



Hand 49

♠AJ2
♥QJ9
♦KQT2
♣KQJ



Hand 50

♠AJ
♥AQJT
♦QJ97
♣K97



Hand 51

♠A62
♥AQJ4
♦Q876
♣93



Hand 52

♠K94
♥KJ6
♦A987
♣QJ5



Hand 53

♠KT
♥KJ43
♦KJ64
♣AQJ



Hand 54

♠J9
♥A872
♦AQ93
♣QJ9



Hand 55

♠J9
♥KQJT
♦AKJT
♣QJ9



Hand 56

♠K74
♥KT3
♦AT64
♣QJ3



Hand 57

♠KQT
♥A875
♦AQT6
♣K3



Hand 58

♠J63
♥KQ5
♦KQJ6
♣KQJ



Hand 59

♠KT6
♥KQ6
♦AKJ8
♣Q43



Hand 60

♠K96
♥QT64
♦AT52
♣A7



Hand 61

♠AK3
♥QJ73
♦K763
♣82



Hand 62

♠K65
♥AQ4
♦AK92
♣K54



Hand 63

♠A8
♥Q654
♦KQ94
♣K64



Hand 64

♠AQJ
♥K64
♦A642
♣AT2



Hand 65

♠AK5
♥J97
♦A862
♣Q84



Hand 66

♠AKJ
♥KJ64
♦QJ9
♣K83



Hand 67

♠A64
♥953
♦KT74
♣AQ7



Hand 68

♠QT9
♥AT2
♦AKQT
♣A86



Hand 69

♠AJ4
♥AQJ8
♦AT83
♣Q6



Hand 70

♠AK8
♥A65
♦KJ72
♣QJ6



Hand 71

♠AJ9
♥QT8
♦KJ76
♣Q62



Hand 72

♠AJ4
♥Q95
♦QJ73
♣K94



Hand 73

♠AQ3
♥AQ8
♦KJ93
♣K32



Hand 74

♠Q3
♥AJT7
♦AK74
♣A62



Hand 75

♠K83
♥Q97
♦KQ92
♣K74



Hand 76

♠984
♥AKT4
♦AQT8
♣AJ



Hand 77

♠KJ8
♥A95
♦QJT6
♣K85



Hand 78

♠KJ4
♥Q93
♦AQ74
♣QT2



Hand 79

♠AKQ
♥K92
♦KJ83
♣QJ3



Hand 80

♠AT
♥KJT7
♦KJ86
♣JT9

Rebids by Opener

Here's a hand that came up today.

You hold this hand:
♠KJ74
♥AKQ43
♦7
♣Q63

You are Dealer. What will you do?

Most people opened 1♥ which is a good opening bid.

Now Partner responds 1♠. You have four card support for Partner's suit. What is your bid? What does that show?

There are a few potential responses to your Partner's 1♠ bid. Let's go over them.

You can bid 2♠. This shows a minimum hand with about 13-16 points. But that is points -- not just HCP but also Dummy points.
You can bid 3♠. This shows a medium hand with about 17-18 points. But that is also points -- not just HCP but also Dummy points.
You can bid 4♠. This shows a maximum hand with about 19-21 points. Again that is points -- not just HCP but also Dummy points.

What is your bid?

Let's count the points. There are 15 HCP and also 3 Dummy points for the singleton ♦. That brings us to 18 points.

The correct bid here would be 3♠.

Rebidding when you have a fit for Partner's Major and can count Distribution points

When I open the bidding 1 of a minor and Partner responds with 1 of a major the first thing I want to do as Opener is to support Partner's major. Since Partner only promised 4 in their suit, I need 4 in order to support them. If I have a fit I can now count Distribution points.

Shortness	Points
Useful void	5 points
Useful singleton	3 points
Useful doubleton	1 point

Check out these posts for more detailed information on Distribution points:
Distribution Points
Distribution - Counting Shortness with Honors

To support Partner's major I also need to show them whether or not I have just a minimum opening hand, a better than opening hand or a hand that wants to game force it's SO good. I can show this by raising them 1 level, raising them 2 levels or bidding game in their major.

Table to show what the different responses mean. Remember points includes HCP (High Card Points) and also Dummy points.

Opener	Responder
1 minor	1 major
2 Partner's major	This says partner, I have a minimum opening hand -- about 13 to 16 points.
3 Partner's major	This says partner, I have a better than opening hand -- about 17 or 18 points.
4 Partner's major	This says partner, I have a MOOSE -- about 19 to 21 points since I am bidding game when you only show 6 points.

Check out this post for more practice on raising Partner's major without using Dummy points:
Rebidding when you have a fit for Partner's Major

Another tip. Balanced 18 HCP points. Look at this hand:
♠KQ8
♥KQJ2
♦KJ86
♣K7

Very nice hand. I will open the bidding 1♦ because I am too strong to open 1NT. Partner responds 1♥. I have a fit so now I can count Dummy points. Since I have 18 HCP and 1 Dummy point this brings my total to 19 points and I should therefore bid a game. Nice in theory, but not so good in practice. Opposite a balanced 6 HCP hand I don't want to be in game. Experience has shown me that with a balanced 18 HCP I should NOT count an extra point and bid game. Bidding 3♥ shows a very nice hand. Partner will raise on 8 points. If Partner has to say "Pass" to 3♥ we probably shouldn't be in game. So don't count extras for any doubletons if you have 18 HCP with a balanced hand.

So with ALL that in mind on each of the following hands I opened the bidding 1♦. Partner then bid 1♥. I have a fit for Partner's ♥ since I have 4 of them. Since we will play in ♥ I will be Dummy and can now count Dummy points. What do I do on the following hands?

Hand 1

♠K98
♥KQJ2
♦JT86
♣A7



Hand 2

♠QT95
♥KQJ3
♦AQ97
♣T



Hand 3

♠A543
♥AQJ7
♦AQ87
♣4



Hand 4

♠K6
♥KT86
♦KQJ6
♣Q72



Hand 5

♠KQ97
♥KQ76
♦AQJ8
♣2



Hand 6

♠KT
♥K643
♦T543
♣AK2



Hand 7

♠KT
♥KQJ8
♦KQ62
♣KJ6



Hand 8

♠542
♥A874
♦AKQ9
♣62



Hand 9

♠KJ3
♥A983
♦AQ32
♣65



Hand 10

♠J9
♥KQ97
♦J863
♣AK2



Hand 11

♠AJ8
♥KT93
♦KQ53
♣97



Hand 12

♠32
♥QJ64
♦AK64
♣AT2



Hand 13

♠K6
♥AK95
♦KJ63
♣AT2



Hand 14

♠AK2
♥AT87
♦Q543
♣87



Hand 15

♠AT5
♥KJ73
♦Q984
♣A2



Hand 16

♠KJ8
♥KT62
♦AQ72
♣32



Hand 17

♠Q2
♥K963
♦AK63
♣QT3



Hand 18

♠KT6
♥A865
♦QJ93
♣A8



Hand 19

♠AK42
♥AT43
♦KQ72
♣T



Hand 20

♠87
♥AKQ8
♦KJ94
♣JT7



Hand 21

♠A4
♥AKQ4
♦AT73
♣Q74



Hand 22

♠AQJ2
♥K852
♦AT98
♣6



Hand 23

♠Q2
♥AQT7
♦A764
♣AQ5



Hand 24

♠AK82
♥T985
♦AK83
♣T



Hand 25

♠AQT2
♥AT93
♦AK74
♣7



Hand 26

♠A6
♥QJ97
♦AQ65
♣AJ8



Hand 27

♠976
♥AK93
♦AKJ6
♣QJ



Hand 28

♠AK83
♥KJ87
♦KT76
♣8



Hand 29

♠A3
♥K653
♦9875
♣AK6



Hand 30

♠AK52
♥A864
♦KJ97
♣4



Hand 31

♠AJ
♥J854
♦K874
♣KQT



Hand 32

♠Q65
♥AJT3
♦AT97
♣K7



Hand 33

♠KQJ4
♥QJ73
♦AKJ4
♣4



Hand 34

♠AQ5
♥KT86
♦AJ82
♣85

Rebidding when you have a fit for Partner's Major

So you've opened 1 of a minor and partner bid 1 of a major. What do you know about partner's hand? You know that partner has at least 6 HCP and at least 4 cards in that major suit. To have an 8 card fit with partner you need 4 cards in that major also. If you have a fit with partner's major you want to show that right away. (If you don't then partner will never believe you have 4 in that major later on in the auction.) When you support their major you need to also show them whether or not you have just an opening hand, a better than opening hand or a hand that wants to game force it's SO good. You can show this by raising them 1 level, raising them 2 levels or bidding game in their major.

Remember to bid game in a major you should have at least 25 points between you and your partner.

Opener	Responder
1♦	1♥
2♥	This says partner I have a minimum opening hand -- about 13 to 16 points

Opener	Responder
1♦	1♥
3♥	This says partner I have a better than opening hand -- about 17 or 18 points

Opener	Responder
1♦	1♥
4♥	This says partner I have a MOOSE -- about 19 to 21 points since I am bidding game when you only show 6 points

On the following hands you would have opened 1♦. Assume your partner responds 1♥. It is your turn to bid. Count your HCP. What will you say?

Hand 1

♠J3
♥AJ86
♦AKJ42
♣K5



Hand 2

♠AKJ3
♥9864
♦KT4
♣AK



Hand 3

♠KJ
♥AQ83
♦K876
♣T85



Hand 4

♠A
♥AQJ8
♦KQ652
♣A96



Hand 5

♠K2
♥KJ32
♦KQ63
♣J93



Hand 6

♠J2
♥A642
♦KJ96
♣AT9



Hand 7

♠QJ8
♥AQJ5
♦AT32
♣84



Hand 8

♠Q9
♥KQ72
♦AQ84
♣864



Hand 9

♠Q94
♥AQ54
♦K752
♣K8



Hand 10

♠KQ
♥8654
♦AJ974
♣KJ



Hand 11

♠A9
♥QT75
♦J643
♣AKT



Hand 12

♠AK
♥K952
♦AK852
♣K9



Hand 13

♠A87
♥AKQT
♦8652
♣T7



Hand 14

♠A97
♥QT75
♦AJ76
♣Q5



Hand 15

♠A3
♥AK64
♦KT84
♣A92



Hand 16

♠A42
♥K973
♦QJ76
♣A4



Hand 17

♠76
♥QJ63
♦AQ73
♣AT5



Hand 18

♠83
♥A983
♦AK53
♣Q62



Hand 19

♠A2
♥AQ75
♦KQJ94
♣J4



Hand 20

♠A72
♥QT97
♦AK85
♣T3



Hand 21

♠JT9
♥AKQ4
♦A854
♣A7



Hand 22

♠K5
♥AQ63
♦KJ963
♣63



Hand 23

♠T3
♥AK93
♦AT53
♣KT7



Hand 24

♠K2
♥KQ86
♦AJ832
♣A2



Hand 25

♠K9
♥Q982
♦AQ54
♣QT5



Hand 26

♠JT
♥7632
♦KQ76
♣AK3



Hand 27

♠83
♥AK96
♦K742
♣K82



Hand 28

♠KJ
♥AK98
♦KQJ42
♣T4



Hand 29

♠876
♥AJ64
♦AKJ4
♣63



Hand 30

♠AJ8
♥K952
♦A653
♣J4



Hand 31

♠KJ2
♥A982
♦KT54
♣QJ



Hand 32

♠K3
♥AKT6
♦9652
♣KJ4



Hand 33

♠A32
♥AKT2
♦A652
♣A7



Hand 34

♠QT
♥Q862
♦KQ732
♣A8



Hand 35

♠AK6
♥T763
♦QJ94
♣QJ



Hand 36

♠J8
♥J432
♦AK53
♣AT3



Hand 37

♠AQ
♥AT93
♦KJ53
♣973



Hand 38

♠T6
♥A765
♦AJT3
♣A65



Hand 39

♠Q6
♥A762
♦AQJT3
♣AK



Hand 40

♠J9
♥KT98
♦AK752
♣Q3



Hand 41

♠A8
♥Q983
♦KQJ3
♣J97



Hand 42

♠A4
♥KJ75
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