[mich-b]

Scoring: IMP

1NT - 2♣
2♦ - ?

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1NT is 15-17,
(pd could upgrade 14 with good 5 card minor, and will not have 17 with good 5 card minor)

maybe you have a better system to handle this hand, but suppose your options now are either :

3NT to play
4NT invitational (after which opener , if accepting, can show 4 or 5 card suits)

your choice?

[JLOL]

yeah 4N, we could easily have 6 of a minor. I would just bid 3N if partner had bid 2H.

[Mbodell]

4nt. Frankly, I'm a little closer to 6nt than 3nt.

[rogerclee]

Mbodell, on May 3 2009, 12:58 AM, said:

4nt.  Frankly, I'm a little closer to 6nt than 3nt.

You're bidding 4N for the wrong reason then, 6N will usually not be a very good contract. The reason to bid 4N is that it is very easy for 6m to be a good contract. If you told me that partner would accept my 4N invite but that we have no minor fit, I would be very unhappy with my decision.

[mtvesuvius]

4NT, I'm glad partner didn't bid 2♥. I'm looking for a minor suit slam mainly, since my hand really isn't very valuable in NT.
Give partner Kx Kxxx KQxx KQx.

[jdonn]

Mbodell, on May 3 2009, 02:58 AM, said:

4nt. Frankly, I'm a little closer to 6nt than 3nt.

I don't agree with this statement at all. I can accept bidding 4NT but this hand is utterly minimum for it.

[karlson]

I agree with Josh. 4N, but this is a real minimum.

Perhaps if we want to emphasize that we'd like to play 6 minor, 4♠ is available?
Edit: (Ah, I see the OP mentioned that nothing else was available).

[Fluffy]

Those tens make it worth 4NT, remove one of them and 3NT it is.

[Phil]

Is there a standard meaning for 1N - 2♣ - 2♦ - 4♠? Many play 1N - 4♠ as quantitative but with emphasis on finding a 4-4 minor fit.

If 4♠ is quantitative (and 4N specifically a 4333 or a 3433), that's my call.