Now That is An Interesting Lead

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 10 8 7
  2. heartQ 10
  3. diamondK 8
  4. clubA Q 6 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 2
  2. heartA 8 4 3
  3. diamondJ 9 5
  4. clubJ 7 4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: club9
West North East South
1spade Pass 1NT Pass
3club Pass 3spade Pass
3NT Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass
2club, 2NT, 3club and 3NT are all plausible alternatives, but at the table Rodrigue (West) decided that, as it was IMPs, he would push on with a forcing 3club. East bid 3spade and now West completed the picture by rebidding 3NT - surely showing a 5-2-2-4 shape. Nevertheless East decided to play in 4spade - indeed many players would have raised to 2spade in the first place - including me.

After a while North put club9 on the table. Now that's an interesting lead ...
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