Now there are actually a few approaches to this hand.
- For people new to bridge, the most obvious contract would be 5C. But well, a 5C contract is easily defeated with 3 quick tricks. The opener only promises 12+ HCP and 3+ clubs, but did not say anything about the other 3 Aces or Kings. For all you know, his hand could be Qs and Js, which would leave your contract very vulnerable (no doubt you're unstoppable in Cs)
- The second most intuitive way is for yourself to bid 3NT. Not a bad contract and why? Looking at your hand, you have solid long Cs. And when your partner opened 1C, the 12+HCPs must definitely in other suits! Therefore ideally, you would want to be in a NT contract, with at least 7 solid C tricks and 2 from your partner. However, the biggest downfall of bidding 3NT yourself is: you become the declarer and your partner's big hand is exposed and vulnerable as the opponents can analyze your partner (dummy hand), play through him and defeat the contract with higher possibility.
- Therefore, the trick to this bid is to make your partner bid NT himself. Why? In this case, he will be the declarer and the first round trick would be lead to him, which is the most ideal scenario > higher chance of him returning a club to you (dummy) and cash all the 7 club tricks and squeeze the opponents as well. Now, the question is how to make your partner bid NT. One of them could be a false reply bid of 1D, hoping to force partner into 1NT. Alternatively, you can also use the fourth suit to game, hoping that he bids NT himself, and you raise him to 3NT.
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