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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK Q 10 9 6 4
  2. heartK 5 4
  3. diamondQ J
  4. clubQ 9
  1. spadeA J 8 2
  2. heartJ 8 2
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. clubA K 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 2 - 3 - 2
W 2 - 3 1 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 5
  2. heartA 10 9 7 6
  3. diamond7 4
  4. club10 8 7 6

Contract: 2spade
Declarer: North
Lead: club6
  1. spade3
  2. heartQ 3
  3. diamondA 8 6 5 3 2
  4. clubJ 5 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 1NT
Pass 2spade Pass Pass
Pass
This is difficult to foresee, but your best action now would be to play a low trump. If you do not, and simply return a heart, partner may win the heart and switch masterfully to a diamond. Declarer will rise, throw diamondQ on clubJ, ruff a diamond and ruff his losing heart in dummy. Minus 110 will be horrible.

If you doubled 1NT originally you would have been saved all this brain-ache. Partner would bid 3heart over 2spade and plus 140 would have resulted. Mind you, partner should have led a diamond against 2spade originally, for that gives you an excellent chance of plus 100.
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