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Considering Responders Rebid
- Notrumps.
- Supported you.
- Repeated his suit.
- Bid a new suit.
Here we look at (3): how responder bids after opener has bid and repeated the same suit.
Opener has strongly implied six cards. He should strain to avoid repeating a five-card suit (opening 1 NT with 12-14 points and a 5332 shape even with a five-card major), so responder should not be frightened to support with a doubleton.Opener can also show the strength of his hand, as per the...
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What happened
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| West | North | East | South |
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| Pass1 | 1 ♠ | Pass | 2 ♥2 |
| Pass | 3 ♥3 | Pass | 4 ♥4 |
| Pass | Pass | Pass |
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West led ♣ A against 4 ♥, East encouraging with ♣ 10, and West continued with ♣ K and ♣ 4 (a Suit Preference Signal for the lower ranked side-suit, diamonds). East trumped and duly returned ♦ 2. West won ♦ A, led back to ♦ 7, to ♦ 9 and ♦ J, and East cashed ♦ K and continued with ♦ 5 (key play). Whether or not declarer trumped high, West’s trump holding was promoted into a trick. He did (with ♥ Q), but West discarded. ♥ AK failed to fell the trumps so declarer conceded down four.
| West | North | East | South |
| 1 ♥ | |||
| Pass | 1 ♠ | Pass | 2 ♥ |
| Pass | Pass | Pass |
2 ♥ would also have failed (by two) on this devastating defence.
If you remember just one thing...
If opener repeats his suit at the lowest level, he has at most 15 pts.
