This hand is slightly tricky to bid. It starts simply with South bidding 1 Club. North has not got quite enough to jump bid on round 1 so should bid 1 Heart and North makes the standard rebid of 2NT showing a balanced 17 points. North can now bid 3 Spades, a responders reverse, promising 5 Hearts and 4 Spades and forcing to at least game. South is happy to show 3 card Heart support and after North has checked for Aces and found South with 3 the excellent 6 Hearts is reached. East leads a Club taken with the Ace, the Ace of Diamonds, over to King of Diamonds in North and a Diamond ruff. You cash Ace & King of trumps finding the West has 4 Hearts to the Jack so play a small Spade to the Ace in dummy noting the fall of 10 Spades with East. Cash King of Clubs, bad luck West ruffs but you overruff and can now draw West's last trump. Play King of Spades, the Jack drops from East so play a small Spade to the remaining 9 in dummy which forces West to win with the Queen. Your 8 of Spades  and remaining trump will win the last 2 tricks. You need some luck occasionally.

On the night the hand was played 7 times and 1 pair bid 6NT making all 13 tricks. Hearts usually made 11 tricks but careful play will always make 12.

East cannot rebid 2 Hearts after West has responded 1 Spade as this would be a reverse. West's jump bid to 4 Diamonds shows a 7 loser hand and if East had held 3 cards in Spades he would bid 4 Spades. However 5 Diamonds looks like it has a fair chance of success. South will lead Queen of Hearts taken by East's Ace. The singleton Spade is led and Ace & King of Spades is cashed in dummy with East discarding 3 of Clubs. Queen of Diamonds is led from West, allowed to hold followed by a small diamond to the Jack revealing the 3:1 break with the King still out. Draw King of Diamonds with the Ace then play 7 of Hearts towards 9 on table forcing South to win with his known Jack after he led Queen at trick 1. Your Ace and 10 of Hearts are now masters so all North/South can do is take their Club master. You make 11 tricks with 2 Spades, 3 Hearts, 5 Diamonds and 1 Club ruff in dummy.

On the night the hand was played 6 times with only 1 pair bidding and making game in Diamonds. The 2 pairs in 3NT did not succeed only making 7 or 8 tricks.

With 19 points and a positive Spade bid by West, East should end up in 3NT after West has shown 5 Spades. South will lead 7 Hearts which should be taken with the Ace on the first round to keep communication between East & West's hands. At trick two East must cash Ace of Spades to unblock King & Queen in dummy. East then plays 4 of Hearts to the King in dummy and plays King & Queen of Spades discarding 2 Clubs from hand. Next play a Diamond from dummy finessing the Queen which holds. With no further entry to dummy the Ace of Diamonds is played felling North's King. East then makes a total of 11 tricks, 3 Spades, 2 Hearts, 5 Diamonds and 1 Club. Lucky but when there is only one line of play that will win go for it. It will be right occasionally

On the night the Board was played 9 times with East making 9 or 10 tricks in 3NT. 3NT went 1 down 5 times and 4 Clubs by East made 10 tricks. 

When West opens 1 Club, North with 15 points, balanced and no Club guard must Pass and await developments. East will Pass and now South with a mere 8 points MUST protect. Double for take out is best although 2 Diamonds showing a 5 card suit is also acceptable. West will not be willing to sell out so easily and will bid 2 Clubs promising at least a 6 card suit. North knows that South has "borrowed" 3 points to protect but that still makes game their way a good bet and so forces with 3 Diamonds, South raises to 4 Diamonds. North then tries 4 Hearts on the way to 5 Diamonds just in case South also has that suit and South happy to oblige will Pass, East will lead a Club won by West but the Club contiuation is ruffed by South. The winning Spade finesse is taken and then North/South should only lose the Ace of Hearts to make 11 tricks.

On the night the board was played 9 times and 6 pairs were in Diamonds making 10 or 11 tricks. The other 3 pairs bid hearts making 10 or 11 tricks but sadly only 1 North/South bid game.

With 11 cards in Clubs & Diamonds East will open 1 Club and South should overcall 1 Spade. (Some players may have a system that shows an overcall with two 5 card suits eg Michaels). West happil;y bids 2 Hearts which must show at least 5 Hearts and 10 points a double from West would probably show 4 Hearts. North raises to 2 Spades and now East cannot show his Diamond suit as 3 Diamonds would be a reverse and game forcing, South comes in with 3 Spades and West shows Club support which East raises to game. South leads Ace of Spades and the Spade continuation is ruffed by East. East plays a small Club to the King in dummy and leads a Diamond. North ducks, East wins with the King. East must now return to dummy to lead another Diamond by playing his singleton Heart and finessing the Queen which holds. Another Diamond is led and North must insert the Ace so that declarer needs all the remaining tricks. Best return from North is a trump which East takes and ruffs a Diamond with the last Club in dummy. The Ace of Hearts. A Spade is ruffed by East, North's last trump is drawn and Queen of diamonds is played felling North's Jack so 9 of Diamonds is good for the 11th trick.

On the night the Board was played 9 times wit 3 pairs making 11 tricks in Clubs but only 2 bidding game. Spades by North/South made 9 tricks.

North should open 1 Spade with 4 Spades 4 Diamonds and 16 points intending to rebid No Trumps. East having 4 Spades and a balanced 14 points should Pass, 16 points are needed to overcall 1NT. South with 9 points, void in Spades, and 5 poor Hearts is just good enough to bid 2 Hearts. (An alternative would be the "dustbin" 1NT with a maximum 9 count.) North knowing South is holding 5 Hearts jumps to 3NT which South should reluctantly Pass. East on lead does his maths and works out that if North/South have 25 or 26 points between them then West holds nothing. Also with North/South bidding both majors a Heart or Spade lead does not look good so could try leading a Diamond or Club. No matter, North will wrap up 3 Spades, 3 Diamonds and 3 Clubs to make his contract and if a heart is led at trick 1 North may make 10 tricks.

On the night the Board was played 9 times with 6 people bidding No Trumps but only 2 pairs made 9 tricks. A Diamond contract made 10 tricks and 1 Spade doubled by North only made 6 tricks. Why did South not redouble for take out?

West has 18 points and a 3 loser hand if only a suit fit can be found. Another bidding sequence would be for West to jump bid to 5 Hearts after East has bid 3 Spades showing a 5 card Heart suit and therefore 6 (or more) Diamonds. This bid should be forcing to slam in either Hearts or Diamonds and East should therefore bid 6 Diamonds. East can work out that if West has 6 Diamonds and 5 Hearts, West can hold a maximum of 2 black cards! 6 DEiamonds is an excellent slam which will make 13 tricks if Clubs are not led at trick 1. 6 Hearts is a lucky make as they break 3:3 with the defenders and 6 Spades is doomed.

On the night 1 pair bid and made 6 Diamonds but even 4 Spades seemed doomed. 3 NT scraped home and 4 Hearts was bid once making 12 tricks. Minor slams are often difficult to bid!

Despite holding 20 points South should open 1 Heart as the hand is nowhere near 8 playing tricks. Howevewr a jump rebid of 3 Clubs after North's response of 1 Spade is game forcing and shows 17+ points. North now knows that South holds 5 Hearts and 4 Clubs so can see a fit in 2 suits and so bids 4 Clubs which is stronger than 5 Clubs. South's 4NT asks for Aces and North's response of 5 Hearts shows the missing 2 Aces so South can sign off in 6 Clubs. South will make 13 tricks in 6 Clubs as the Spade finesse is good and North's losing 2 Spades can be discarded on South's long Hearts. 6 Hearts is a lucky make because the Spade King is onside but will only make 12 tricks as there is always 1 Spade loser in the North hand. 6 Clubs will always make 12 tricks even if the Spade finesse was offside showing the value of a 4:4 trump fit when you have another long suit for discards.

On the night the hand was played 10 times with only 1 pair bidding and making a slam, 6 Clubs + 1. 4 Hearts & 4 Spades were both popular making 11 or 12 tricks and 3 NT usually made 12 tricks.