Higher Scoring Slam

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ J 9 4
  2. heartA J 10 6
  3. diamondA
  4. clubQ 10 5 4
  1. spade7 5 3 2
  2. heart7
  3. diamond10 9 8 6 5 4 3
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 3 2 6 5
S 6 3 2 6 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6
  2. heartK Q 9 5 4 3 2
  3. diamond7 2
  4. clubK J 7

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond10
  1. spadeA K 10 8
  2. heart8
  3. diamondK Q J
  4. clubA 8 6 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 1heart Pass 1spade
Pass 2diamond Pass 3NT
Pass 6spade Pass Pass
Pass
. . . spotted the trap! If you are going to make the necessary arrangements for a cross-ruff, the text-books tell you to cash your outside winners first. So before you play a second round of clubs, you should cash the heartA first. This is the diabolical distribution against which you must guard. Not very likely but just imagine how you would feel if West had ditched his only heart on the second round of clubs.
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