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Opening lead: 6

Readers of my column should have gotten this one
right. I was West and we bid those spades three
times, but my partner, Bobby Wolff, offered 3NT
as an alternative game contract and how right he
was. I would have gone down in 4 immediately
after a heart lead from North. But he made 3NT.
He won the heart lead from South, led a spade to
dummy and ran the 10 of diamonds (playing the
9 under it). North covered the next diamond lead,
but Wolffie won the queen and played king of
spades, jack of spades. He now had 9 tricks:
3 spades, 1 heart, 4 diamonds and a club.

My tip is: Think about playing 3NT, even when you
have a major-suit fit.