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Responding to a Suit Opener – with a fit

With four cards in the suit your partner has opened, you have a fit: eight+ combined cards. You should tell partner the good news immediately .

The higher the level you bid in support of partner, the better your hand. Use The Responder’s Support Line:
  

Point Count Strategy
6-9 points Bid two of partner's suit
10-12 points Bid three of partner's suit
13+ points Bid four of partner's suit

Don’t be a slave to your point-count though. Be prepared to upgrade a shapely supporting hand. Shortages are very valuable for trumping purposes. A doubleton is worth about one extra point; a singleton is worth about three extra points; a void is worth about five extra points. Also be prepared to upgrade a hand with five-card suit support: eight cards make a fit, but the ninth and tenth trumps are very valuable.

ExercisePartner opens 1. What would be your response holding these?

Hand a) Hand b) Hand c) Hand d)
♠ Q 6 4 2
K 4 3
♦ K 93
9 6 4
♠ Q 9 4 2
 9 4
A Q J 3
10 5 2
♠ K J 5 2
 Q J 7 4
♦ 5
9 85 2
♠ A 9 8 5 2
- -
K 6 3 2
7 6 5 2

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