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

Firstly, would you have led spade3 from that North spade holding? Many players prefer not include the ten in "high" honours and therefore would have treated those North spades as four low. After seeing spade8 lead South has an even easier decision to switch to hearts at trick four.

Secondly, if declarer plays ace, king and another diamond then North has a very difficult switch to find. Would you have found it? Don't ask North - he's still asleep.
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