The following hand is to be bid and played by four players in different studios, unable to hear one another. With each player is a top-ranking expert with whom he or she can consult before bidding or playing. The players have no previous knowledge of the cards.
The players:
Major Charles Gibson
Mrs. Pirn Tarlo
Mrs. Gerda Carmichael
John Moss
The experts:
Alan Truscott
Julian Beale
Boris Schapiro
Kenneth Konstam
Commentator, Terence Reese
Dealer. East: East-West vulnerable