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 cherdano, on 2013-February-10, 12:26, said:

I don't think the 1N bid shows any extra values. It's the normal bid with xx QJxxx xx QJxx, which is not much better than xx xxxxx xx xxxx in this auction.

True enough, and on the given opener's hand, when the smoke clears he will really wish he had bid only 2♠. After which maybe 2NT-3♦-pass and you might even make it.

What does one do with this hand after partner bids 3♠ over 1NT?

I reluctantly agree that 4♦ is probably to play.Certainly responder can have this hand and he certainly wants to get out. Probably 4♦ is a better contract than 3♠, but if no one has doubled yet I might quietly pass before it occurs to the.

That assumes that 3♠ was also passable. I am hoping partner never bids 3♠ in this setup.If he just assumes that I am too inexperienced to handle the bid properly that will be fine by me. He is probably right.