Before reading on, cover the South and West hands on the deal below.
LOVE ALL; DEALER SOUTH
Playing teams, South opens one notrump, North responds two clubs and South rebids two diamonds. What call do you make with the North cards?
You would have been very happy if partner had had a major, however now you have little option but to try three notrumps, hoping that partner has something robust in diamonds.
Defending as East, your partner leads the four of diamonds. Dummy’s jack is covered with your queen and declarer follows with the eight. What do you play now?
It is tempting to return your fourth highest diamond, but is there a
