Neither side vulnerable. South deals. NORTH S: 3 H: Q 10 8 4 D: A K 9 7 3 C: Q 6 3 WEST EAST S: 10 7 S: A 9 8 5 4 H: A 9 6 H: Void D: 8 6 5 D: Q J 2 C: K J 10 5 4 C: A 9 8 7 2 SOUTH S: K Q J 6 2 H: K J 7 5 3 2 D: 10 4 C: Void SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1H 2C 2D 3C Pass 4C 4H 5C Pass Pass 5H Double Pass Pass Pass Opening Lead: CJ Renee Spooner of New Port Ritchey, FL (formerly of Brunswick), was visiting her son, Patrick Spooner of Strongsville over the Memorial day weekend and decided to try her hand at the All-American regional bridge tournament in Independence. While she did not walk away with any major championships, she found tournament bridge very exciting. This hand is an example. The only bid Spooner made was an innocent opening call of one heart and before she could turn around she was the declarer in five hearts, doubled, with a combined North-South holding of only twenty-one high card points. West started with the jack of clubs, ruffed by declarer. The three of hearts was led toward the queen. West played the six and East discarded the seven of clubs. Declarer called for the three of spades from the North hand. East played the ace, winning the trick and continued with the ace of clubs. Declarer ruffed and led the six of spades, ruffing in dummy with the eight of hearts. The ten of hearts was played. West won the ace and continued with the king of clubs. Declarer ruffed, pulled West's last trump and claimed. What is interesting here is that East, the doubler, could have set the hand by not winning the ace of spades when the singleton three was led from the dummy. Declarer will now have to trump two spades in dummy and will lose control of the hand as a result of the 3-0 split in hearts. Even more interesting, had declarer led a diamond to the ace at trick two and then a spade at trick three, the contract could not have been defeated. ____________________________________________________________________