What Does This Bid Mean

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 5
  2. heartA K 5 3 2
  3. diamondQ 10 9 4 3
  4. club8
  1. spadeA Q J 9 4 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK 7 2
  4. clubQ 7 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - -
S - 2 - - -
E 2 - 2 2 -
W 2 - 2 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6
  2. heartQ J 10 9 8 6 4
  3. diamond6 5
  4. clubA 9 6
  1. spade10 8 7 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondA J 8
  4. clubK J 10 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade 2NT* Pass~ 3diamond
Pass Pass 3heart#

* red suits
~ 3heart would show spade fit
# to play?

After learning of North's shape East would presumably choose either 3diamond or 3heart as an implied cue bid to show a big spade fit, so maybe a delayed 3heart by East shows . hearts!! I didn't get to hear what East held, but maybe it was something like the hand shown.

It's not often that a player deliberately opts to play in a suit where he knows that an opponent holds five, but it happened in today's hand which comes from the Junior European Championship of last year.
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