A difficult one to start with. Bid to game or not. Crucial hand evaluation.
North 11HCPs with good intermdiates, but balanced 5332. I think most people will open this with a major and a safe rebid. So 1♥
East should pass.
South will bid 1♠ though totally flat 4333.
North will rebid 2♥ .
South can either invite with 3♥ or bid a game with 3NT that might be the best duplicate contract with 4333 as there may not be any additional tricks with trumps or bid a direct 4♥
South would normally want to bid game +11+15HCPs, but the from a hand evaluation point of view, it is a poor 15HCPs 4333 shape, 2Qs so an invite might be correct which North will pass.
Half bid 4♥ s and went 1 off for a bottom
Half bid 3♥ making for a top!
Here are some hand evaluation links.
https://www.larryco.com/bridge-articles/hand-evaluation-671
Challenging video on 'behind HCPs"
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