Responding to a Suit Opener – without a fit (1)

Without four cards in the suit your partner opened, the basic principle is to “bid a suit to a suit”, ie bid your longest suit at the lowest level. When you have two equally long suits, you should bid the cheaper of fours (to give the partnership maximum chance to find a 4-4 fit), but the higher-ranking of fives (you’ll bid the lower one next, thus finishing the two-stage process more economically).  

Exercise: Partner opens 1♣. What would be your response holding these?

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