Both sides vulnerable. West deals. North S: 7 5 H: 6 2 D: Q J 10 7 6 5 2 C: 5 3 West East S: Q 6 3 S: K J 4 2 H: Q J 9 H: 9 7 5 3 D: 4 D: K 8 C: K 10 9 7 6 2 C: Q J 8 South S: A 10 9 8 H: A K 10 4 D: A 9 3 C: A 4 The Bidding: West North East South Pass Pass 1C Dbl 3NT Pass Pass Dbl (All Pass) Opening Lead: DQ This took place at a duplicate game and all of the players were reasonable players. The auction was exactly as shown and I have no explanation for it. I held the South cards and it sounded as if my side would not be able to score a game so I was very willing to settle for plus two hundred. It would not matter what partner led. I would be able to take the first five tricks. There was always the chance that partner would want to pull the double, but we had played together many times and partner knew that I would not be making this double without the setting tricks in my hand. The opening lead was delightful. Declarer called for the king and I won the ace. I returned the nine of diamonds and declarer discarded the two of clubs. I wasn't sure what was going on but it did not matter. After partner cashed all of the diamonds, making declarer pitch many cards, a heart back to my hand was the entry for me to take all of the rest of the tricks. Declarer could have saved two tricks by pitching better but it hardly mattered. Down seven would have been -2000 instead of the -2600 that he got for down nine. It appears that five diamonds is the best that North-South can do all by themselves. Three no-trump goes down on the obvious club lead as there is no entry to dummy to take the diamond finesse.