Bridge Deal of the Week (Oct 05 2007)

Problem:
The Auction:
West   North   East   South
           1♦        1♥     2♣
pass    2♦       pass    3NT
pass    4♣      pass    5♣
all pass

The given auction took place when this deal was originally played. 3NT was not a very good bid by South. It wrong-sides the contract if North has the ♥Q or even the ♥J. North's 4♣ bid was also atypical, as since South has shown at least a double stopper in hearts, bidding over 3NT should show slam interest (which was clearly not the case here). Anyway, the final contract is a sound one. Your task here is to make the contract after West leads the ♠4 (East-West play fourth-best leads).

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Bridge Baron deal No: N4074-83365-11413-17808-62698-56370

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