Responding to a Take Out Double with a Six Card Major

Please read these posts to learn about the take out double.
Introducing the Take Out Double
Responding to a Take Out Double with a Weak Hand
Responding to a Take Out Double with an Intermediate Hand
Responding to a Take Out Double with an Opening Hand

What happens when Partner makes a Take Out Double and you have a long (six cards) major suit but not game going values? What should you do?

For instance this hand:
♠AQ9852
♥2
♦K963
♣84

LHO opens 1♣ and Partner Doubles. Regardless of what RHO does I would recommend bidding 4♠ on this auction. You only have 9 HCP and if you give yourself 2 extra points for length you come up with 11 points. Not quite enough to bid game BUT you do have the LAW on your side and a second fit in ♦. Take a chance.

I will do it on hands with not very many high cards.

I once held:
♠J98652
♥82
♦3
♣KQ42

My LHO opened 1♥ and my Partner Doubled. My RHO bid 2♦ and I jumped to 4♠. I knew we had a ♠ fit and probably also had a good ♣ fit. What's the worst that can happen here?

Well RHO Doubled for penalty. Partner is a little feisty and Redoubled which ended the auction. Her Redouble means she either thinks we are going to make it or is hoping the opponents chicken out and bid again. Why not? It's all about the story afterwards anyhow. Partner tracked with:
♠KQ74
♥6
♦J642
♣A863

Which I think we can all agree is a minimum hand.

Here are the hands together:
♠KQ74
♥6
♦J642
♣A863

♠J98652
♥82
♦3
♣KQ42

So it was pretty much a laydown. The opponents took their three Aces but that's all. Dummy can trump my ♥ loser and I could trump Dummy's ♦ losers.

Anyhow there quite a bit of power holding 10 trump between you. Point count is entirely based on your comfort zone. If you hold a six card suit and Partner is supposed to have a four card suit take a chance with limited values. It'll be an adventure.

Hand 1

♠AQT432
♥K7
♦9752
♣5



Hand 2

♠J
♥AQT743
♦9543
♣K4



Hand 3

♠AQT753
♥8
♦T5
♣K943



Hand 4

♠KQ9875
♥A74
♦865
♣8



Hand 5

♠AQ
♥QJ9843
♦8754
♣9



Hand 6

♠KQ8532
♥4
♦92
♣K963



Hand 7

♠7
♥AQ9842
♦J652
♣Q4



Hand 8

♠AJT843
♥7
♦8742
♣A4



Hand 9

♠AQT762
♥QT5
♦742
♣8



Hand 10

♠9
♥KQT873
♦A863
♣84



Hand 11

♠KJ9853
♥KQ4
♦852
♣4