Both vulnerable. South deals.

Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
x A Q J 10 7 2
u Q 10
v Q 9
w 10 9 2
WEST EAST
x 8 4 x K 9 6 5 3
u J 7 3 2 u 9
v 8 7 4 3 v A K 10 6
w K J 6 w 8 7 3
SOUTH
x Void
u A K 8 6 5 4
v J 5 2
w A Q 5 4
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1u Pass 1x Pass
2w Pass 2v Pass
3u Pass 3x Dbl
3NT Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead: Eight of x
The warning "Loose lips sink ships" was coined during WWII to guard against idle chatter about troop movements because you never could tell who was listening. It applies at the bridge table as well, but it is even more dangerous there because you know the enemy is listening!
The first three bids in the auction were natural. North's two diamonds was fourth suit forcing, saying nothing about diamonds and asking South to describe his holding further. The jump in hearts showed at least a six-card suit and, when North elected to rebid his spades, East doubled. Unfortunately for East, sitting South was U.S. internationalist David Berkowitz, and he was able to make better use of that information than was West.
West duly led the eight of spades, covered with the 10 and taken by East with the king as South discarded a club. The ace and king of diamonds were cashed and the diamond continuation was captured by South's jack.
With East marked for length in spades and diamonds, declarer realized there was a likelihood that hearts were going to break badly. Fortunately, West had to hold the long hearts, so South led a heart and boldly finessed the ten. When that held, declarer discarded his losing clubs on high spades, cashed the queen of hearts and came to hand with the ace of clubs to run the table with hearts, scoring an overtrick.
Had East not doubled, there was no way declarer was going to risk a first-round heart finesse, and the contract would have been defeated.
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