A DUCK TAIL.
by Jos van Kan
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Playing Teams (imps) against fair opposition you get in third seat, vul
against not as E
You have had worse hands of course, but also better ones and not
unnaturally you pass after pard and RHO also passed. With your side silent
throughout opponents have some sort of standard auction:
| North | South |
| pass | 1NT |
2 | 2 |
| 3NT | pass |
Nothing has been alerted, so 2 is ordinary Stayman and S has no 4c
major.
After some deliberation partner leads 
T and dummy reveals:
While declarer takes some time to make up his plan, we might as well use
that time by thinking about the following questions:
- Assuming normal leads and signals, how many does partner have?
- Who has J?
- Does partner have a good suit of his own?
- How many points does partner have at least?
- How do you plan the defense?
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