[creatbid]

3♥ is mush better than 2nt for S because most of his hcps are on a single suit - ♥. But I still can't conjecture any possible and reasonable bidding to get a slam. After N bid 4♦ to deny ♥supports and to show a distributed hand(5+♠ and 5+♦), what's the way for him to tell his ♣control to S？By 5♣？And generally S daren't try slams(the only way is rkcb)on his own with 3 keys only, especially after N passed first. Even though S plays rkcb to go on and stop at 5♦ immediately with 1 key only on N, is it easy for N to raise to 6D although he has void♣？6♦ can be interesting, but not contract bridge. 6♥ is just a joke made by a selfish bidder with great luck.

[nige1]

rhm, on 2016-February-12, 03:20, said:

Why? Hindsight? I do like 2NT.

Many would argue that the hand is too strong for a 3♥ rebid. The accusation of "Hindsight" seems inappropriate, however, because a 3♥ rebid doesn't seem to facilitate bidding a slam.

Nevertheless, I accept that, here, rhm and PhantomSac champion the main-stream view. My misgiving about a 2N rebid is that the hand has no lead-value. The lack of a ♣ stop is less important.

[the_clown]

I would open 3♠ as North, raised to 4. Doesnt look very good on this hand.