North is Still Asleep

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade10 8 4 3
  2. heartK 2
  3. diamondQ 9 6
  4. clubQ 6 5 2
  1. spadeA K 5
  2. heart10 9 3
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubA J 9 8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 2 2 3 2
W 3 2 2 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 6
  2. heart7 6 5 4
  3. diamondK 10 7 4 3
  4. clubK

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: spade3
  1. spade9 7 2
  2. heartA Q J 8
  3. diamondJ 8 5
  4. club10 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
1club Pass 1diamond Pass
1NT* Pass 2NT Pass
3heart Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass

* 15-17

The winning defence is to continue with another heart. Partner's necessary heart switch has opened the way for the defence to score five winners, but is heart8 the best card to play from heartAQJ8 when heart7654 is in dummy? North, a rather dozy player at the best of times, would have found difficulty in returning a heart whatever South had played, but heartQ would perhaps have served as a better wake up call.

Some other thoughts ...
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