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If my CHO makes silly things after every bid I did, passing might be a good strategy. But finding a new CHO might be an even better strategy. With CHOs hand 4 spade might be a possible contract if partner has maximum for his 2 spade bid with no loosing club figures. Maybe I m a little bit old fashioned. But I think it s a good strategy to invitate if you ve got an invitation and to bid game if you ve a gameforcing and not the other way around. Otherwise you must have very good nerves to pass partners contra after 1S-2C-p-2H x-p It is an absolut underbid to bid 2 spades now. But in my opinion a 3 spade bid shows an inivtiational hand with a penalty x in clubs. For me that s an overbid. So you ve difficulties to describe your hand after passing it first.

In my opinion this round I ve no problems in finding a bid. I ll expect much more problems what I should do next turn if partner invites me to game or what I should attack against a heart contract. If partner has something like ADBxxx,Axxx,xxx,- we have very good chances in making 4 spades after the expected club ace attack.

I m with my previous speaker: Playing 2 clubs (doubled or not) is an illusion. The only reason that speaks against 2 spades is that west gets a negative x. But that isn t a big disadvantage. Every colour stands bad for the opps with shortnesses behind their shortnesses and length behind their length. I don t believe that this hand belongs to the opps. If I don t bid 2 spades now, I ve no chance to show CHO my good spade support any more.

I wonder that there are so many people passing in this situation. The 2nd double shows extras in points and/or distribution. I think it s always a good strategy to trust the partner more than the opps especially in a situation where it is ideal for East to make a psych and/or a lead direction bid. I think it is not possible to have a better hand than the one I have. So many spades with no values that partners void is likely. 8 working poins and a shortness to a partner with extras. So I expect 12 - 13 tricks in a minor suit. The only possible hand with only 11 tricks is, when partner against my expectations has a single spade and additional not the ass of hearts. So in my opinion 4 NT is a underbid and I would prefer 5 NT. To bid 4 diamonds or 4 clubs is kinky.