I find it rather strange that after you have bid, the partner, who has a decent hand to respond with, bids his major suit before his minor, no matter how strong or weak the major is. In a recent game with a Robot as partner, I opened 1D with 14 HCP, 5 card-D, 3253 distribution. The response was 1H with H9,7,5,2 while holding a strong CA,Q,J,10,8,7,3. With opponents intervening, I raised H with A, 10, 8 and our strong Club content was ignored. We play Length over status and it works. There is a possible down side in that the contract level may be one higher this way, but length caters for this adverse policy.
