Men In White Coats With Tranquillising Darts

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 2
  2. heartK
  3. diamondA K Q J 10 8 6
  4. club8 5
  1. spadeK
  2. heartA J 8 5 4 2
  3. diamond7
  4. clubQ 10 9 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 1 - 1
S - 4 1 - 1
E 5 - - 2 -
W 5 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10 8 6 5 4
  2. heart—
  3. diamond5 4
  4. clubA J 4 3 2

Contract: 4club
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA
  1. spade9 7 3
  2. heartQ 10 9 7 6 3
  3. diamond9 3 2
  4. clubK
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1heart 3heart 3spade Pass
4club Pass Pass Pass
At the table South passed again and 4club became the comfortable contract for West - even after failing to drop clubK ten tricks were trivial. What about North's questionable bidding. Should he have bid 3NT over 1heart? Was his pass of 4club forcing? As you can see, game is a possiblity in both minors, but although 5diamond is cold from the North seat, it goes off on the impossible lead of a low heart when South is declarer.

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