Do Your Duty

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 7 5
  2. heartJ 10 8 4 2
  3. diamondA J 6
  4. clubJ 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K
  3. diamondQ 10 7 5 2
  4. clubA K Q 7 5 4

Contract: 5club
Declarer: East
Lead: spade3
West North East South
1club Pass
1heart Pass 2diamond Pass
3club* Pass 5club Pass
Pass Pass

*weak, false preference

What about West's 3club? This is the good-old-sensible-Acol non-forcing style. A more modern treatment is to use the Lebensol-via-2NT-is-weak approach. 3club can then be left for forcing/constructive sequences. Someone at the table remarked "At least the suit is right. 5diamond goes off on a spade lead."

Well, does it?
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