Earthly Garden of Delights

Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spade
  2. heart4 3 2
  3. diamondA K Q 3 2
  4. clubK Q 10 5 3
  1. spadeQ J 10 9 8 7 3 2
  2. heartJ 10 5
  3. diamond
  4. club9 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heartA K Q 9 8 7 6
  3. diamond10 9 8 7 6 4
  4. club

Contract: 7spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ

  1. spadeA K 6 5 4
  2. heart
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubA J 8 7 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 6heart 7club
7heart Pass Pass 7spade
Dble Pass Pass Pass
Now if, at that moment, Mike had been invited to spend a year in a real life Garden of Earthly Delights, it would still have paled into insignificance with the pleasure that he must have received on hearing 7spade on his right. South realised that he made a slight error of judgement as Mike uttered a sinister 'What did you say?', before closing the bidding with a double that was heard in London.

After West had drawn trumps(!) 7spade was defeated by seven tricks. East-West scored +2000.

I cannot pretend to know what it feels like to defend a grand slam holding eight trumps. I bet Mr Bosch knows.
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