ninja89

I enjoy slam bidding over 1NT openings, and it's quite a bit rarer to have a slam try opposite +11-14 1NTs than over strong notrumps. Plus, I'm emotionally biased towards the strong notrump.

I normally play good 14 to bad 17 1NT openings, and this hand doesn't seem good enough in that context. I don't like the lack of aces and the 4333 shape. In a weak no-trump context, I wouldn't co-operate with a balanced invite, but my hand should be ok if partner shows up with some distribution, despite the fact that some of my honours will be wasted.