He happily completed his three no-trump contract from the floor and made it.

Looking at all four hands, consider whether South's three no-trump contract should succeed with best play and defense.

A simple auction led to a one no-trump contract, and it was not easy to find seven tricks.

He sat East, defending a normal three no-trump contract, and his partner led the heart jack.

South reached a normal three no-trump contract, and West chose to lead a diamond rather than a heart.

The inevitable three no-trump contract was thus reached by a route that suggested 21 points rather than 19.

She pushed to an aggressive six no-trump contract, and received a heart lead.

As South, she would have made her three no-trump contract easily after a routine heart lead.

But the result was a three no-trump contract with 18 points in the combined hands.

He sat West, defending a three no-trump contract that seems easy to make.