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Problem: The Auction: West North East South 1NT 2♣* 2♥** 3♥ 3NT pass 4♥ pass 5♦ all pass * - both majors ** - A good hand with both minors Partner's 2♥ showed both minors and a game forcing hand. You suggested 3NT over East's 3♥. Partner felt that the best spot would be 5 of a minor, and the 4♥ bid asked you to pick a minor, and you duly chose 5♦. In retrospect, maybe 3NT was a better spot after all. Though it is true that a spade lead will scuttle 3NT, on this auction opponents will surely lead a heart, after which there are 9 top tricks.
Well, now that you are in 5♦, you will have to see how to go about making it. West leads the ♣9. Without any opposing bidding, the best play is to hope that West has at least one club honor, and finesse the ♣J and then the ♣10. However, West's ominous lead is certainly a singleton, and you intelligently go up with the Ace. What now?
Suppose West ducks the ♠K instead. You will play the ♥A, discarding a spade, and ruff the ♥Q in dummy. You will play a spade to the Queen now, enplaying west again in the majors. After ruffing West's major suit exit in dummy and discarding a club from hand, you will claim 11 tricks, losing a club.
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