Quick Little Questions on Openers Bids and Rebids:

Just to keep my introduction page a bit cleaner:

Question 1: Rebidding that Heart suit
Question 2: Rebidding Question
Question 3: Responding to Partner
Question 4: Rebid Question
Question 5: Opener Rebids or Do They?
Question 6: Your Bid Again!
Question 7: What to Respond?
Question 8: Bidding Hand
Question 9: What would YOU bid?
Question 10: Bidding Question -- Should you BID or not?
Question 11: Choices on What to Open
Question 12: What would YOU respond?
Question 13: Responding to Partner
Question 14: Rebid Problem
Question 15: Choice of Rebids -- Which is Best?
Question 16: Rebidding with Support
Question 17: What to do?
Question 18: How do I show this Monster?
Question 19: Responding to Responder
Question 20: What to Rebid?
Question 21: Bidding over a Pre-empt
Question 22: Opener Rebid
Question 23: Another Opener Rebid
Question 24: What to Open?
Question 25: Another Rebid Dilema
Question 26: Another Rebid Question
Question 27: Another Rebid Question
Question 28: Another Rebid
Question 29: More Opener Rebids
Question 30: What to Rebid?
Question 31: Opening Dilema
Question 32: Opener must Rebid a suit
Question 33: Opener Rebids
Question 34: Opener Rebid
Question 35: Opening Bid
Question 36: Rebids
Question 37: Rebids by Opener
Question 38: Choices
Question 39: Tough Rebid
Question 40: Another Rebid
Question 41: Open
Question 42: What to Open?
Question 43: Rebid dilema
Question 44: What to Open?
Question 45: What to Rebid?
Question 46: Rebidding your Major
Question 47: What to Open?
Question 48: Rebidding
Question 49: Rebids by Opener
Question 50: Rebids
Question 51: What to Rebid?
Question 52: Rebidding
Question 53: What to Open?
Question 54: What will you Rebid?
Question 55: To Open or not to Open?
Question 56: What to Open?
Question 57: Rebids by Opener
Question 58: Rebid by Opener
Question 59: What to Open
Question 60: What will you Open?
Question 61: What to Open?
Question 62: What to Open
Question 63: What to do NOW?
Question 64: Rebids by Opener
Question 65: Another Rebid
Question 66: What to Rebid?
Question 67: Rebids
Question 68: Opener Rebid
Question 69: 1NT Opener Rebids
Question 70: Rebids after Stayman
Question 71: What to Open?
Question 72: What to Open?
Question 73: What to Open?
Question 74: What to open?
Question 75: Opener must bid again!
Question 76: Opener's rebid
Question 77: Opening Dilema
Question 78: Rebid
Question 79: Opener's Rebid
Question 80: Rebids!
Question 81: What to Open?
Question 82: Rebidding when the Opponents get involved
Question 83: What to Open?
Question 84: Rebids by Opener
Question 85: Rebids by Opener
Question 86: Rebids by Opener
Question 87: Opener Rebids
Question 88: What to Open
Question 89: What to rebid?
Question 90: Rebid Problem
Question 91: A Rebid
Question 92: What to Open?
Question 93: What to Open?
Question 94: What to open?
Question 95: What to do NOW?
Question 96: Opening
Question 97: Open!
Question 98: What to open?
Question 99: Continuation
Question 100: What to open?
Question 101: Rebidding!
Question 102: What to open?
Question 103: So you've opened 1NT -- Now What?
Question 104: Opening in Fourth position
Question 105: What to rebid?
Question 106: What do Open
Question 107: What to Open?
Question 108: What to Open?
Question 109: What to open?
Question 110: Open or Pre-empt?
Question 111: What to Rebid?
Question 112: What to Open
Question 113: Now What?
Question 114: Last Chance
Question 115: Fabulous Rebid?
Question 116: Responding to Stayman

Responding to a Take Out Double

Playing matchpoints. Neither you nor the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠J543
♥K8
♦AQ6432
♣4

Your LHO (Left Hand Opponent) opens the bidding 1♠. Partner says "Double". Your RHO (Right Hand Opponent) says "Pass". What is your call?

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How about 3♦?

Partner made a TAKE OUT Double. They are FORCING you to bid. But you have 10 HCP and a REALLY LONG suit. You are quite happy to bid!

Jump to 3♦ to show Partner that you have more than just a weak response.

What to Bid?

Playing matchpoints. Neither you nor the Opponents are vulnerable.

Here is your hand:
♠Q7
♥A764
♦KJ8
♣AQJ6

Your RHO (Right Hand Opponent) opens the bidding 1♠. What is your call?

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How about Double?

This is a TAKE OUT Double. You are asking Partner to pick any suit BUT ♠ to play in. (You are secretly hoping they have four ♥ so you have found a fit.)

Now NORMALLY you would open the bidding 1NT. You have a balanced hand with 17 HCP.

But when your RHO opens the bidding you also promise a STOPPER in the suit they opened. You do NOT have a guaranteed winner in ♠. If Partner raises you to 3NT with 10 HCP you look very silly when the Opponents lead a ♠ and take the first five tricks.