North deals, EW vulnerable.
♠ 1095
♥ 2
♦ 1094
♣ AJ10653
♥ 2
♦ 1094
♣ AJ10653
♠ J87
♥ J1095
♦ Q87
♣ Q74
♥ J1095
♦ Q87
♣ Q74
♠ A643
♥ Q873
♦ KJ3
♣ K2
♥ Q873
♦ KJ3
♣ K2
♠ KQ2
♥ AK64
♦ A652
♣ 98
♥ AK64
♦ A652
♣ 98
At our table North opened 3♣, I doubled and South bid 3NT. West led ♥J, South won the Ace and ran the ♣9.
To beat this East must duck. Would you find that play without flinching? Three NS pairs played 3NT, and no East did (though one NS pair managed to go down anyway).