A Nice Quiet Start to the Season

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 9 6
  2. heart8 7 6
  3. diamondK Q 9 6
  4. club7 6 2
  1. spade8 7 5 4 3
  2. heart10 9
  3. diamond8 7 3 2
  4. clubK 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - 1
S - 2 - - 1
E 2 - 2 2 -
W 2 - 2 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 10
  2. heartA J 4 3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubQ J 9 4 3

Contract: 3NTx
Declarer: South

  1. spadeK 2
  2. heartK Q 5
  3. diamondA J 10 5 4
  4. clubA 10 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart 1NT
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Understandably, partner had dropped the heart2 on my opening lead, but declarer gave us a reprieve, by unaccountably playing a small spade from hand to the spadeQ. Winning with the Ace, partner still had a dilemma, and finally decided to play Ace and another heart - a play only wrong if declarer has an undisclosed five card diamond suit. The end result was minus 750.

One other point: imagine partner does win the heartA at trick one and switches to a low club. If declarer rises immediately with Ace, then it is imperative to unblock with the King, something I would have found difficult even with both brain cells activated, let alone on the first board of the season!
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