1. Two hearts. Judgment is said to be the name of the game, and you are certainly put to the test in this case, which poses a difficult choice between two reasonable rebids.

You could bid two clubs because you think it important to identify your good club suit and at the same time avoid an immediate raise in hearts with only three-card trump support. Or you could bid two hearts because it comes closer to describing the nature of your hand than a two-club bid would.

While it is true that a direct raise of partner’s suit is usually based on four cards rather than three, over the long haul the single raise in a major on three to an honor and an unbalanced hand will produce a better result than rebidding a five-card minor suit.

For those who might have considered two diamonds as a possible

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