This deal is from the Oakland sectional a couple weeks ago. I’ve consulted with friends, experts and expert friends about getting to the right spot. Sour times, nobody has been able to provide a sensible path to 6
.North Dealer
All Vul
North
3
J6
K42
AKQJ974
West
T872
AT54
J976
3
East
KQ964
972
QT
T85
South
AJ5
KQ83
A853
62
is a wasted card, all other cards pull their full weight to make 6 laydown. This was our auction:West
North
East
South
1
1
DBL
2
3
3
3NT
a.p.
instead of 3 , which should show a very good suit/solid with extras. Maybe I should have bid more than 3NT. The road to the best contract is paved with good intentions, or something like that…East suffered from temporary ataraxia, I guess. He pulled that vulnerable 3
bid from another dimension, looking at those ultra minimum values in a flat hand. On the other hand I think that West’s 2 was a bit timid, in my opinion West holds enough distribution and trumps for a jump to 3 . I got a
lead for East’s Queen and I ducked smoothly. East threw me a strange look for I had bid 3NT with confidence. He returned another in my Ace-Jack and I pitched both 
from dummy. On the run of dummy’s West got squeezed out of his red suits like a ripe lemon. Twelve juicy tricks and my play won the imp that saved us a victory point.
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