ArtK78, on Aug 27 2009, 01:25 AM, said:
Not 3♦ even if my diamonds were better than this, as I do not want to emphasize playing in diamonds - I want to emphasize playing in spades, even on a 4-3. But I do not want to imply that I have 4 spades by raising directly to 3♠, which is what my hand is worth.
The idea of opening this hand 1NT cannot be taken seriously.
And if there is no later?
ps-ps-1♦-ps
1♠-ps-??