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South played 7 on the T lead, east playing the three. No matter how south played the hand, he could not escape a very unlucky down one despite his best efforts.

The bidding was a standard jacoby 2NT auction.

What were the approximate east/west hands if west had both missing queens and at least 3 hearts as well as 3 spades?

 

Hint:

West did not lead from a doubleton

 

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Thanks Molyb. Preliminary analysis ....

If LHO has K and RHO has the declarer usually fails [/hv][hv=pc=n&s=saj8642hj2daca432&w=sQ97hQT9dt9765cKT&n=skt53ha3dkqj82cqj&e=shK87654d43c98765]399|300|

But if lHO has the stop then he may need to lead a to beat the contract.

Otherwise

- squeeze LHO out of his guard. Then ...

- A squeezes LHO out of his guard. Finally...

- squeeze RHO in the round suits.[/hv]

 

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