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In Standard, you always show the 3-card support first, therefore you bid 2♥.
I'm not sure about 'Expert Standard', but I do know that a lot of Meckwell Light players play it that bidding 3m shows 3-card support and a 5-card minor, which would work really well for you. In the sequence 1♣-1♦; 1NT*-2♦, the responses are:
2♥ = 3 hearts, no 5-card minor
2♠ = not 3 hearts, but I have a 5-card minor
2NT = not 3 hearts, no 5-card minor (ostensibly 3244 just for this particular sequence)
3♣ = 3 hearts + 5 clubs
3♦ = 3 hearts + 5 diamonds
*I'm assuming that your bid of 1NT denies 4 spades, if I am wrong then you have to change 2♠ to showing that, and likely have to bid 2♥, then 3♦ next round.
What's the best response to two-way checkback here?
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Posted 2016-October-04, 01:16
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Posted 2016-October-08, 02:49
rmnka447, on 2016-October-03, 18:28, said:
In any checkback scheme, the decision to show support for responder's "major" or bid the other major first is a matter of partnership agreement. My experience is that most players, but not all, choose to show support first.
Isn't the default that you just bid stuff up-the-line?
So after
1C-1S
1NT-2D (GF)
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with 4h+3s, you bid 2H because it is the cheaper bid.
1C-1D(hearts)
1NT-2D(GF)
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with 4s+3h, again you bid 2H because it is the cheaper bid.