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The OP said they play Drury, so the hand you show would be shown by 2C! ( or better yet 2D! if you play 2-way ). Or better yet 3♦! as a fit-showing-jump !

6♣.....It's no certainty but.... my partner should have 8 Clubs and NO outside A or K. If the 8 Clubs can come in after getting a ♦-ruff in your short trump hand... then that's 12 tricks. Best defense will be a Club lead.... but you still have a chance that the opp with the ♦A doesn't have another trump.

Tony... if you are still around, please give us both hands .

One player I know ( a national champion ) plays the following structure: -- 2C and 2D are Drury ( 3 and 4 card limit raises ). -- 3C and 3D are fit-showing-jumps for partners major. -- 2NT is 9-11 points with one of the minors with at least a good 6 card suit as you must be prepared to play opposite a singleton; pard bids 3c ( over the 2NT) for pass or correct to 3D. ......( With a poor suit, bid a semiforcing NT ) .

East could have helped partner out by making a "Competitive DBL" over 2S : “I want to compete further but I am not sure what to bid.” ( You are not in a penalty situation... yet ) . Partner would then have an easy 3H . Hopefully, you just stop in a 4H game. I don't know how to reach a 6C slam.... after finding a 4-4 ♥ fit .

Just bid 6NT over 2NT. You have a balanced 15 hcp.... Partner has a balanced 18,19 = 33,34 ... so you can't be off 2 Aces.

2H ....I think I'm a tad shy for a 3H SJS.

Justin hit the nail on the head: " 4C natural seems to cater to a very unlikely scenario and takes away a common cuebid in this auction. "

Thanks for the correction.. ....I mis-posted... I did say "cheapest new suit" = agree minor, ♦... which would be 3H!. Then, the 2nd cheapest ( or 4th suit ), 4C, becomes = double-fit . ( I corrected the post ).

With K Q x in partner's 2nd suit, I may just use the following structure to show a double-fit ( which I've shown before... with advance apologies to put this in the B/I forum : 1NT - 2transfer 2M - 3m ?? .. 3-of-cheapest new suit agrees the minor(m) w/4 or 5 cards; only 2 cards M ( Major ) .. 3M = 3 cards M, less than 4 cards m .. [Edit] 2nd cheapest new suit = double-fit; 3 cards M AND 4 or 5 cards m... sweet! .. 3NT = no fit for either 1NT - 2H! 2S - 3D [Edit] 4C! ( double-fit, ♠ & ♦ ) - 4D! ( 6Ace-RKC, not including the ♦ Q -- ♦ Q would be rolled into the K-ask if it gets that far ) 4H ( 0/3 ) - 4NT ( next non-trump step = ♠Q ask ) 5D ( ♠Q and ♦Q ) - 6 or 7 ♦/♠/NT depending on whether ♠Q-ask was made missing 1 key card or not .

Fred G's style ( from his Serious 3NT blurb ) is: -- Cuebid of "your" suit shows 2 of top 3, whereas -- Cuebid of partner's suit shows 1 of top 3. But 4♦ seems obvious.

Not my idea, but I thought interesting by IanD back in April, 2002 : Combine Jordan and Bergen 4 card raises : 1S - ( X ) - ?? ................2NT! = lower Bergen ( mixed raise ) which allows for THREE game-try bids not otherwise available w/o a DBL . ................ 3H! = jump-in-other-Major = upper Bergen ( limit ) ................ 3C! = fit-showing-jump ................ 3D! = fit-showing-jump

One problem is that 3C hinders the ability to express a minimum opener . However, I agree with the others that pass of partner's 3NT is more prudent. Once you rebid 4C, pard was expecting more. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is my homegrown version of rebids after a 2/1 over a 1H opening: 1H - 2D! ( GF ) 2H! ( any minimum, may have 4s ) - 2S! ( artificial ask ) 2NT ( no 4s ) - 3D (no 4c, 5+d; leaves room for you to bid 3H with extra length ) 3NT - pass

FYP ( "your post needs fixing" ) 3rd from bottom should be: 1M-Double-2D! = hearts, constructive

Neg-DBL comes to mind.

Here is something from the 2006 ACBL Bulletin... in it's unmodified form : 2NT - 3S! = relay to 3NT 3NT - ?? then: ........... Pass = to play ( Needed since direct 3N is major 44 ) ........... 4C = slam try in clubs ........... 4D = slam try in diam ........... 4H = h splinter, both minors ........... 4S = s splinter, both minors ........... 4N = invitational to 6N ........... 5N = forcing to 6N, invitational to 7N

Agree

2H should be forcing.... The only question is it natural or artificial ? If you play " cheapest " new suit forcing over a rebid of a minor, it "could be artificial" . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AK, A .... is not too weak to open.

I'm glad someone finally mentioned this.

♦ Kickback will also make 4NT as a final resting place. Since suit agreement is first shown at the 4-level ( a non-jump ), then 4D! becomes Kickback. ( If ♣ suit agreement were at the 3-level, then 4C! would be RKC-ask ( Minorwood ). Because of his 2 small Diam, South decides to use RKC to go to slam ONLY if their side has all the keycards ; South..........North 1C - (1S) - 2H (10+ with 5+ diamonds) - (2S) 3NT - 4C 4D! - 4NT ( 3rd step = 2 - ♣Q ) pass However, as has been mentioned, this is "masterminding" ( or resulting ) since if North has 2 Aces ( one of which is the ♦ AND the ♦K, then 6C is a lock .

Partner made a Ctrl Cue knowing you were minimum ( 12-14 ) and also was not discouraged by you shortness in ♠ . Instead of cueing 5C, I might as well go 4S! ( kickback-RKC for ♥ ... since 4NT! would be Voidwood, excluding ♠-Ace ).

What about 4 card Major and 6 cards Diam ??

Sure, 4H! as Michaels works well over a 3H preempt, but what about over a 3S preempt ( It takes you to the 5-level in ♥ )? That is why someone came out with 4C! and 4D! as = that minor and the other major. And over a 3-minor preempt : ... 4C! = other minor and a major (4D* asks major) ... 4D! = both majors

Agree... 3♠ should show a double fit. Side question: How do you play RKC-ask ( 4NT ) for a double fit ? ...... 6 Ace or ...... 1st agreed suit or ...... 2nd agreed or ...... Highest suit ? ( or highest rank ? )

His Lebensohl is what has been described by Karen Walker ( "slow-shows" stop ..... "direct-denies" stop ). Even with Lebensohl on the card, Responders to often just immediately "cues" for Stayman or immediately bids "3NT" with no distinction between stop or no stop .