WITHOUT FIT

When your partner has opened a major suit and you don’t have a fit (three or more cards in their major) you can’t necessarily show your own suit straight away, even if it’s a very long suit. This is because we play a two-over-one system, meaning that we can only respond in a new suit […]

WITH FIT

Finding that you have eight or more cards in a major suit between you and partner is the dream. So when partner opens one heart or one spade (showing 5+ cards) and you have three or more you should tell them straight away that you have found your trump suit. At the same time, you […]