Question: How should this have been bid?
Vic:
Answer: It depends.
Auction: assuming West does not overcall
1NT - Pass - 2H (transfer) - Pass - 2S - Pass - 3NT (promises exactly 5 spades & game going points) - Pass - Pass - Pass
Auction: assuming West does overcall
1NT - 2H - ?
Comment: The 2H overcall is a reasonable option that looks like it deserves to go down two. Even if DBLed, down two will give EW a better score than if NS bid & make game.
Comment: How the auction
would proceed subsequent to 2H overcall depends on the partnership agreement
for how to deal with interfering bids. I would expect experienced partners
(using Lebensohl) to reach game in NT. I would expect inexperienced partners
with no common agreement to have a difficult time realizing a happy ending of
the auction.
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