This Was Just Such A Case

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartJ 10 9 8 6
  3. diamondJ 8 7 6
  4. clubA
  1. spade10 9 8 6 5 4
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamond9 5 4 2
  4. club7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 5 7 3 6
S 5 5 7 3 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 7 2
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondK Q 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 4 2

Contract: 7heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spade3
  2. heartA K 5 4
  3. diamondA 10
  4. clubK J 9 6 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
3spade Dble* Pass 4heart
Pass 4spade Pass 4NT~
Pass 5heart# Pass 5NT+
Pass 6diamond! Dble Rdble
Pass 6heart Pass 7heart
Pass Pass Pass

* Sputnik type
~ Blackwood
# 2 aces
+ kings?
! one king

If you were really brave, I suppose you might have considered a weak 2spade, but Judi Radin, USA's ex-world champion decided that was an totally inappropriate bid, so she bid 3spade instead. North-South climbed to the dizzy heights of 7heart - have a quick look at the full deal because I bet you can guess what happened. Declarer placed East with heart length and took the finesse into West's heartQ. N-S -100.

Several eminent players, Zia and Robson amongst them, have advocated the merits of making bids suggestive of shortage in a suit where one actually holds Qx. If you end up defending, declarer will often mis-read the situation, and this was just such a case.
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