DAILY QUESTION

You hold: ♠ K J 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ A 10 5 2 ♣ K J 7 3. Your partner opens one heart. The next player passes. What do you say?

A bid of 3NT would show a balanced 15 to 17 points, but many experts avoid that response, except perhaps with 4-33-3 pattern, because it consumes bidding space and impedes slam investigation. They might respond two clubs. Still, a 3NT response is a descriptive action, and if you chose that call, I wouldn’t criticize it.

South dealer

N-S vulnerable

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