Simple And Elegant

Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spadeQ J 5 2
  2. heartK Q J 10 7
  3. diamond8 4
  4. clubA Q
Green square in centre
  1. spade3
  2. heart9 6 4 3
  3. diamondA K Q 2
  4. club8 7 4 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: heart5

West North East South
1heart Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass Pass Pass
It's not that your choice of bid would actually make much difference - I thought it interesting merely in a theoretical way. Surely the choices boil down to 3heart (as made at the table), 4heart, and a splinter of 3spade. Perhaps the hand is a little light for this last bid - particularly with such modest trump support, but some partnerships insist on a style that precludes any singletons on a 1M-3M sequence.

Time to swap identity - you're now West playing in 4heart. North leads heart5 to South's eight and your king. Over to you.
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