Junior 14/9/2015 Hand 9

Board 9 North Deals E-W Vul	♠ A K 8 7 ♥ 9 5 3 2 ♦ J 10 ♣ J 3 2
♠ — ♥ Q 7 6 ♦ Q 9 8 7 6 ♣ Q 9 8 7 5	N W E S	♠ Q J 10 3 ♥ A K 10 8 ♦ A 2 ♣ K 6 4
	♠ 9 6 5 4 2 ♥ J 4 ♦ K 5 4 3 ♣ A 10

EW 3N; EW 5♣; EW 3♥; W 4♦; E 3♦; E 1♠; Par −600

West	North	East	South
	Pass	1 ♣	Pass
1 ♦	Pass	1 NT	Pass
3 ♣	Pass	3 NT	Pass
4 ♣	Pass	5 ♣	All pass

Lead=4H

EW appear to be playing 5 card majors as the ACOL bid for east is 1H. West is in a difficult spot as 3 NT could easily be making while 5C could be better if pard has a natural club suit. hard to assess.
The lead of 4H seems a little odd holding J4, more normal to play the J. A major lead is called for and a spade is possibly marginally safer.

At another table the bidding went: p 1H p 1 NT p 2 NT p 3H p 3 NT. Good ACOL bidding, albeit pass over 2 NT is possibly indicated as three unsupported queens rarely contribute their full hcp value

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