A hand from BBO

Bid the following hands...

North:

♠ 3
♥ 97
♦ KJT74
♣ KJ983

South:

♠ A872
♥ AT64
♦ AQ
♣ A54

North dealt, White vs Red, MP Pairs

Our opponents, who had the hand bid it as a simple 1NT - 3NT. I *hate* opening a strong NT on 18, esp. an 18 with all 4 aces, since the wrong thing always happens when partner has 6 or 7 points.

Playing the Canape system, I'd bid the hand like this.

North has a pass, although it's not far off a 1D open, off a queen at most, with that much shape.
South opens 1c (Arguments can be made for 1M also, but the plan is to open 1c, and then raise a 1h/1s bid to game, or rebid 1h over 1NT.
North has two options, either an immediate 2c inverted minor raise, or a 1d bid. 1d is probably the better bid.
South now bids 1h, 4cd M up the line.
North now gets to make an X-Y-Z bid, since 3 one level bids have been made. Playing X-Y-Z a 2c bid here would be a relay to 2d with various invitational type hands. (X-Y-Z is like NMF on steroids). So North bids *3*c, to show a hand with 6-9 HCP and 5 clubs.
South pulls to 3NT.

Net gain: Nil ;) Nothing in the system allows us to find our ice cold (Because E has the Qc doubleton) 6NT (or 6m) so we end up with the field. Just posted this to give an example of the system in action.

Wednesday Afternoon Session

Played with a someone for the 1st time (or maybe 2nd) in the local afternoon club game. Due to poor weather and the holidays it was a pretty small turnout. System played was a fairly typical intermediate level 2/1. Had a decent session, about 49%. Just out of the points in strat B.

Recaps

Here's a bidding problem from the game:

MP pairs, White vs Red, you pick up in 2nd seat:

ATxx
xx
T9x
Qxxx

RHO deals and passes, you pass, LHO opens 1c, partner makes a takeout double. I bid 1s, LHO bids 2c, and partner bids 2d, showing a good suit and a big hand. I decide to make a bit of a courtesy raise to 3d, and partner goes to 5. Off 1 when partner doesn't find the Ah singleton offside.

Do you think my hand was worth a 3d raise?