Virtue Must Be Its Own Reward

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade4
  2. heartA 8 6 3
  3. diamondA 9 5 3
  4. clubA Q 8 5
  1. spadeQ J 6 5
  2. heartJ 10 5 4
  3. diamondQ 8 7
  4. club4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 5 5 2 5
S 6 5 5 2 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 8 7 3 2
  2. heartQ 7
  3. diamond10 6 4
  4. club10 7 6

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA K 9
  2. heartK 9 2
  3. diamondK J 2
  4. clubK J 9 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 3spade* Pass 4NT~
Pass 5diamond Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

*Splinter, support + spade shortage
~Roman Blackwood

West made the unfortunate choice of spade5 as her opening lead. This had the effect of imposing sole custodial duties of the spade suit on herself. Her partner's ten forced a high honour from declarer, but the nine now became an additional threat. After three rounds of clubs, West was forced to make a difficult discard. Her actual decision to shed a heart meant that declarer was able to establish her twelfth trick without a having to resort to a finesse or squeeze.
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