[TWO4BRIDGE]

TWO4BRIDGE, on 2012-October-23, 08:13, said:

I think 2S - forcing far outweighs non-forcing ( for all of the reasons given ) .

I should say we also play Ogust.
That way for 2H - 2S, Opener still has the 4 next Ogust replies as well as the 3S bid to show ♠ H x or x x x .

[gszes]

2s non forcing is way too short sighted with this monster. There is no reason this hand
has to be limited to spades. I do not know the whole system but in any case I would
begin with 2n (forcing i assume to at least 3h or 3n+ which would make a 3s bid forcing).
Once again a lack of knowedge of potential responses hampers my ability to guess on
about potential outcomes but lets assume opener bids 3c to show max and "stuff" in clubs.

At the very least we can guess to bid 3n though i think that might be a poor idea if p is showing
max. Bidding 3s (has to be at least 6) and if p cannot raise spades hazard a 5d bid which will
allow p to bid a slam with a fit and aces instead of quacks.