Innocuous But Difficult

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeA Q
  2. heartA 10 9 5
  3. diamondJ 9 8 6 3
  4. clubK 5
Green square in centre

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spade9 8 5 4
  2. heartK Q 3
  3. diamondQ 5
  4. clubA 10 7 3
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1diamond Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
Today's little teaser of a hand was played at TGR's in London by Howard Cohen, one of the best rubber bridge players in the country. TGR is short for 'The Great Rose' after the charismatic Irving Rose. Cohen's partner was another excellent player, Tom Townsend, a member of the victorious Great Britain team that won the Junior World Championship in the early 1990s.
The bidding style was typical rubber bridge. Few frills and direct. As Cohen, playing South, remarked Perhaps I should have replied 1spade ....... on the other hand, 2NT is more descriptive, and gets no-trumps in first.
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