One of the most important parts of bridge is raising partner. We try to raise Opener whenever possible. We may choose not to support partner immediately if we feel we have something more pressing to communicate, in which case we can respond in our own Major, use a negative double, or bid some number of notrump, but in general we strive to “support with support.”
(518) NT Auctions: Superaccepting Jacoby Transfers
(508) Thinking and Responding: 4th Seat Openings
(507) Thinking and Responding: 3rd Seat Opening Bids
(501) Middle of the Hand Defense: Return Partner's Lead? If Shift, Then How?
(496) Advanced Card Play: Threat Cards
(493) Advanced Card Play: The Idle Fifth
(492) Advanced Card Play: Misfits and Moysians
(491) Advanced Card Play: The King-Jack Guess
(490) Advanced Card Play: Optimistic and Pessimistic Declarer Play
(489) Advanced Card Play: Combining Chances
(485) Competitive Bidding: Bidding Over the Opponent's 3+Level Preempts
(479) Defensive Carding: Partnership Defense Philosophy
(478) Defensive Carding: Dummy has Qxx+
(476) Defensive Carding: Suit Preference Signals
(466) Corrective vs. Forward-Going Bids
(465) Help Suit Game Tries
(463) 3rd Seat Opening Bids
(462) Partnership Bidding: Their Preemptive Opening Auctions
(461) Partnership Bidding: Their Major Suit Openings
When the opponents open the bidding with 1-Major then we need to compete in the bidding and do so quickly and accurately. In order to do this week need good agreements with partner, especially about the meaning of cuebidding the opponent's suit. Let's make sure we have good agreements in these situations.