mike777, on Jun 22 2006, 11:29 AM, said:
Again if you are going to overcall 1H with up to 19hcp in the other post why not just overcall 2d and bid out your shape, once again the evil 2 suited bid backfires in the forum.
Doesn't 2NT do a better job of bidding out your shape? Especially as a lot of the time you'll be able to double next, giving partner a pretty good description of your hand.
I side with the passers. 6
♣ may be there, but it may well not. No room to find out, so let's go with the (probable) plus score.