3 seems pretty clear, anything less seems pessimistic. We could be headed for 6 or 3NT or, some days, to playing a passed out 3 . If partner bids 3 over 3 I will bid 3 . I didn't make a support double over 2 so I think Qx is fine.


Agree with the auction so far? I guess I agree with my 1 opening.  Although 3NT might have been right.

Yup.

I am almost in lockstep with Ken here, but not quite.

2NT = Definitely Minors.
    X = Extras. Maybe 16/17/18. At the time the double was made, it could be more. But the ultimate pass of 3 limits the hand to roughly 17.
  XX = Puzzling. Very! "You pick" is my best guess.
    P = Waiting. No descriptive bid. Probably a "thank goodness I don't have to bid" pass.
3 = Lowest of promised suits. "Pass or correct" still applies.
3 = Four  . But could be very well be five. With five and moderate extras (better than complete trash), he bids them immediately.
3 = Preference. Two cards only. With three  and weak, responder bids 2 at once. With three  and a limit raise, some flavor of Drury. Since 3 could show 5=5 majors, this makes it far more likely that responder is 2=2 in the majors and very weak.

So my "vision" of the hand is as follows:

Declarer:
5=4 (22)(13) with 16-18 HCP (Edit: Another possible inference; declarer is very likely short in  , else he allows the bidding to go 'round to partner to whack it!)

Responder:
2=2 (54)(36) weak. Minimum. 6-7 HCP

Overcaller:
(12) 5=5 around 10 HCP

Advancer:
(25)(34) 3=3 around 6-7 HCP

So I think it's clear that declarer has extras, and is likely 5=4 or 5=5 in the majors. Responder is very weak, with 2=2 majors. Overcaller has his 5=5 minors. Advancer has a long (5 cards) major with equal length minors.

Ken's penultimate paragraph is spot on, so I will quote it here:
"After two passes E opens 1 , W is not doubling with that hand, N just barely has a 1NT bid, E has a 2NT bid, I can imagine S thinking  3 over 2NT might suggest more shape and less strength so he doubles, W has a good had so he redoubles, N is sorry he ever opened his mouth at all and passes, E says fine, 3 , S shows his hearts, W has done his bit and passes, N corrects to spades, nobody has anything more to say.
 
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Ian, you can petition to join the "white list" you refer to.
Send an e-mail to BBO explaining your difficulty in seeing the cards on the web version, and that you would prefer to use the Windows version until it is finally, mercifully laid to rest. 

Oliver,

There appears to be a time stamp on posts. However, it does not match my time zone.

Is there a way to change the time zone so time stamped posts reflect my own time? If so, I was unable to find it.
This is an extremely trivial matter, so no urgency. 

I think North at fault here, to be honest. The 2 bid (a reverse by Responder) is game-forcing in almost any system. That being the case, we should apply the principle of "Fast Arrival" to the 3 bid by South, ie: 3 is stronger and more encouraging (ie: slam-invitational) than 4 would be. That being the case, I feel North should be doing something other than timidly signing off in 4 .

At the end of the day what action that is depends largely on your cue-bidding style, but 3 or 4 must be cue-bids for Hearts (4 perhaps more unambiguous). Now when South doesn't show a Diamond Control, the value of North's Diamond singleton becomes apparent and North should have no further difficulty in pushing to the slam. So...

1 - 1
1NT - 2
3 - 4 // Cue
4 - 4NT // Spade Cue, no Diamond Control / RKCB
5 - 6
All Pass

This.
Though I prefer the 3 control, rather than 4 .

Also, while the 2 bid is almost universally played as a game-force, it does not necessarily promise a five card suit. In other words . . . "Fast Arrival" does not apply. The 2 rebid could simply be a means to force game while keeping the bidding low.

As an example, picture responder with this hand: KQ AKJT 2 KT9876 . . . and, he still goes through the 2 GF bid on the way to exploring slam in s.