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Incidentally, what are your "normal" methods in this situation? South's 3 is made in the pre-balancing situation - he may have been under pressure to bid with a hand of limited strength. Maybe a competitive double or a cue bid of 3 on these North cards would show a better raise in clubs, but it is hard to see that 4 would help partner in a decision of whether to go on. Watch out for this hand in a future Bridge Magazine Bidding Challenge - we'll see what the experts say. At the table North contented himself with 4 and East raised to 4. You can now see why it North's 4 did not work well, for a double of 4 from either North or South would have led to a satisfying result, but without any particular reason South raised himself to game.

This was doubled, of course, and West led ace, king and a third spade to his partner's queen. How can South recover his lost match points?
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