Flashy Way Or Straightforward Way

Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spade
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ
  4. club9
  1. spade
  2. heartQ 5
  3. diamond
  4. clubJ
Green square in centre
  1. spade9
  2. heart
  3. diamondK J
  4. club

Contract: 5heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ

  1. spade
  2. heart8 6
  3. diamond
  4. club3
West North East South
1spade 2heart
Pass 4heart 5diamond 5heart
Pass Pass Pass
North leads diamondQ and throws his club. West's trump trick disappears.

By the way - what did you make of East's bidding, and also South's final bid of 5heart? Both highly questionable.

By the way, go back to the previous page .... can you see the more straightforward way of making 5heart?
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