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I really wouldn't want to be too definite about what to recommend here (have you seen a bidding quiz recently - players disagree!), but as partner has not bid 2 it appears that he is likely to be 4-1-3-5, 3-1-4-5 or something similar. In that case we should rule out 3NT, so my own choice would be a simple non-forcing raise to 4, even though I suspect that there are some partnerships who play that as forcing. East's additional strength means that he will go on to game anyway, but quite how East-West should arrive in the best game contract of 4 is difficult to say.

How would you play 5 from the East hand. South leads 2 to North's queen.
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