Your right-hand opponent deals and opens the bidding one heart. What do you say with this hand?
Start by evaluating your hand. Your queen of spades is worth two points, since it’s bolstered nicely by the 10, 9, 7. Your heart king can be promoted, since opener will have the ace 75 percent of the time. You have a nice seven points in diamonds and a crummy one point in clubs. That gives you a hand worth a good 13 points. Compete when you have the strength and shape for a takeout double.
Double, hoping to find your partner with a spade suit. But you also have support for the minors if need be.