Posted 2011-April-08, 11:33
Looking at both hands, I'd rather be in a minor suit partial.
A heart lead will almost always set 3NT (okay you can make if ♣Q is doubleton and the spade finesse wins). Even if you don't get a heart lead, it seems like you will usually concede a club and get a heart switch, at which point you will need the spade finesse (and clubs 3-2, and not RHO winning the club and the heart ace offside). This just seems like lousy odds.
With that said, it's easy to imagine bidding to 3NT in a real auction, and I wouldn't complain too much about reaching game on 25 high with every suit stopped.
Adam W. Meyerson
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit