Hand 1
Hand 2
Hand 3
I guess most of you will bid 2♥ with hand 1 and 1♠ with hand 2. How about hand 3? Some may choose to bid 1♠ because of the great imparity between ♠ and ♦. Some may still bid 2♥ to show the shape.
OK, let's assume you start with 1♠ with hand 3. The bidding continued as follows:
1♥--1♠--2♣*--2NT
P----?
* Non forcing
What do you make of your pd's 2NT bid? As your NV overcall only promise 8+ (may be lower for many of you ), so I assume the 2NT bid shd show somewhat good 11-13 pts. Will you continue bidding with 3♦ with both hand 2 and hand 3?
Bear in mind that when you bid 3♦ with hand 2, you are thinking that you are showing a medium hand with 55 and so it must be a forward going bid looking for the best game contract. While when you bid 3♦ with hand 3, you maybe thinking that you are expressing a will to play in the denomination.
How should your pd, the one who bid 2NT, interpret your 3♦ bid? And how shd he bid with: