CSGibson, on 2014-January-22, 13:15, said:
South needs to bid game, south has a moose in context, and the heart finesse has a much better chance of being on if needed after the negative double. This is true at both teams and matchpoints, but doubly so at teams. North bid the value of the hand.
While I sympathize with Ken Rexford's idea of 3♣ asking for a club control for NT, I personally have the agreement that when they have two bid suits and I could cue either one, I cue what I have, not what I need, which would be unavailable here; I would also bid 3♠, and hope that partner realized that they needed stops in both to try 3N - which would be a great bid in context.
While I sympathize with Ken Rexford's idea of 3♣ asking for a club control for NT, I personally have the agreement that when they have two bid suits and I could cue either one, I cue what I have, not what I need, which would be unavailable here; I would also bid 3♠, and hope that partner realized that they needed stops in both to try 3N - which would be a great bid in context.
FWIW, I would suggest to you that your approach on cuebidding stoppers has a major problem, which this deal illustrates.
The ideal contract here is 3NT. However, if you cuebid stoppers, you have no bid, as you mentioned.
If, however, you cuebid holes, you have no problem. 3♣ suggests 3NT without a club control. If partner has clubs and hearts controlled, he bids 3NT. If not, he can try back by bidding 3♥.
Hence, contextually the heart hole is not a problem, but only if you cue holes and only because the space is available to ask both questions.