How Do You Defend

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 5 3 2
  2. heartJ 9 5
  3. diamondQ 10 6
  4. club7 6 2
  1. spadeJ 9 7
  2. heart7 4 3
  3. diamondA 7
  4. clubK 10 8 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 4 1 - 3 2
W 4 1 - 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 8 4
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamondJ 9 5 3
  4. clubA J 5

Contract: 1NT
Declarer: East
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeQ 6
  2. heartA K 10 8 6
  3. diamondK 8 4 2
  4. clubQ 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1diamond* 1heart
Pass Pass 1NT End

*

At one table East did not consider that his hand was worth a strong No Trump and he finally ended in 1NT. South cashed heartA and switched to a diamond, so declarer rose and went for the clubs, only to get it wrong! North-South took eight tricks!

So 3NT makes at least nine tricks or sometimes more. 2NT makes at least eight tricks or sometimes more. 1NT? That makes five tricks.
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