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is it not possible that he can pass the 2 NT? I would not consider it forcing. And I have also brought the lead to my weak hand instead of to his big hand. Is this also not a good thing?

I am holding the top rundown in Hearts and eight of them, I have around 12 points. It seems that most open this with 4 Hearts. I also find that at least half of them go down when they discover that their pard has nothing. I am thinking that this should be opened 2 Clubs. This will hold the bidding down and give my pard a chance to respond and me to find out if she has anything to cover my loosers. When I tried this the other day, she did have points, no hearts, assumed I had 22 points and and the bidding went: 2 Clubs, 2 Diamonds, 2 Hearts, 4 NT, 5 Diamonds, 6 NT and it was not pretty. Should I just open 1 Heart, even if I only have 11 points, see what her response is and them go to 5 if it shows 10 points or so? I am hoping that some of the experts that follow and help on this forum will give me advise on this situation.

I have a regular pard. We discuss our partnership through e-mails Here is my question. Pard opens 2 Clubs, I respond: 2 Diamonds, pard responds 2 Spades, I am holding 2 Spades, 4 Hearts, 3 diamonds, 4 Clubs and around 6 to 8 points. It seems to me that most players respond with 3 NT. I feel this is wrong and I actually should respond by saying 3 Diamonds or maybe 3 Hearts. I feel this is a artificial bid that tells my pard to bid 3 NT or to bid the spades again if having 6 or more. My reasoning on this is that I want my pard to bid the 3 NT so the lead will be coming to the large hand instead of through it. Stayman and Jacoby are based on this and it should be done whenever possible. And it also leaves the bidding open for her response of 3 spades if she has 6 or more spades without having to go to 4 spades and me only having one. I am hoping some of the experts that follow and help on this forum will help me with this one.

I thank you all for your responses and help. Very good information

thank you both for your responses. I understand what you are saying but just don't like either of your solutions. I do not understand why players like this system better than the standard SAYC that works so well and is so easy for a pard to understand. I notice that a lot of the turneys call for this system. wonder why.

I do not understand this two over one system. lets say my pard opens one spade with 12 points. I hold 1 spade, 6 hearts, 3 clubs and 3 diamonds, and a total of 10 points. According to two over one, if I say two hearts over his one spade, I am forcing to game. what am I suppose to bid and how does that work?