Rebidding After Making A Takeout Double
You are South and you hold this hand:
South
S
K Q J 7
K Q J 7H A Q 6 5
A Q 6 5D 8
C K 10 9 3
K 10 9 3Your partner has bid 1S. As this is a minimum bid (at the one level) your partner could have a weak hand.
The bidding has gone as follows:
| East | South | West | North |
| 1D |
Dbl | Pass | 1S |
| Pass | ? |
It is unlikely that your partner holds more than 8 or 9 points, otherwise he would have made a bid at the 2 level. You know that you are unlikely to hold more than 24 points between you, fewer than the 25 points generally needed to bid for game. You should just do a single raise to the 2 level, which tells your partner that you don’t have enough points between you to bid for game.