Brilliant Judgement

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade3 2
  2. heartQ J 10 9 2
  3. diamondJ 3
  4. clubQ 9 8 7
  1. spadeJ 7 4
  2. heart8 7 6 5 3
  3. diamondQ 8 2
  4. clubK 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E - 3 - 3 3
W - 3 - 3 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 8 6 5
  2. heartA
  3. diamondA K 7 6 4
  4. clubA J 4

Contract: 1spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: heart7
  1. spadeA K Q 10
  2. heartK 4
  3. diamond10 9 5
  4. club10 6 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1diamond 1spade
Dble Pass Pass Pass
You'd better look at the whole hand now to see how well Griffin judged the defence. Winning with the heartA, he returned the club4 to his partner's king. Mahoney continued clubs, so Griffin won with the jack. He then cashed two top diamonds, obtaining a count from partner, and then the clubA, on which Mahoney ditched the diamondQ. A diamond ruff ahead of dummy was followed by a heart ruff, and when a further diamond emerged from East, declarer misjudged the situation by ruffing with the ten. West's jack was the defence's ninth trick. +800.
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