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When this hand was played in a world
championship Mixed Teams event, at one
table West bid 3NT and North led the jack
of diamonds. West won the first trick with
the ace and led the queen of clubs. North
won and led the 10 of diamonds, defeating
the contract by two tricks. Nice lead, but
West failed to give partner a chance to play
the hand from the right side. At the other
table, West bid 3 over 3, a probe for
3NT. (The 3 bid did not necessarily show
anything in diamonds.) East rebid 3NT and
South led a diamond. East won in hand with
the queen and knocked out the ace of clubs
to take nine tricks.

Note that if East did not hold the queen of
diamonds, he would rebid 3 or 3, and
West could still take a stab at 3NT from
his side. West has nothing to lose by bidding
3 on the way. Also, if you play East's
2-3 sequence forcing, it would still pay
for West to bid 3 in an attempt to play the
hand from the other side.

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