I can see playing 3♣ as artificial with a regular partner, but I really think that the default meaning is natural. It's not a bad way to play it imo. Say you are 5-5 in hearts and clubs. You want to coax a heart preference, and 3NT may not be best with a misfit.
Poll 2 of 2 What is standard? What is preferred?
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Posted 2006-December-22, 23:12
I guess standard is artificial, but I play it as natural.
Now I play 2NT as patern out please, so 3♣ must be nat, but evenwhen I didn't, I played it as nat.
Now I play 2NT as patern out please, so 3♣ must be nat, but evenwhen I didn't, I played it as nat.