They Are Human After All

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K J 9 3
  2. heartK Q 10 8 6 5 3
  3. diamond—
  4. club7
  1. spade10 7 5 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ 8 4 2
  4. clubK J 10 8 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 5 2 1
S - 3 5 2 1
E 3 - - - -
W 3 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 4
  2. heartJ 9 7 2
  3. diamond3
  4. clubA Q 9 6 5

Contract: 7NTx
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spade6
  2. heartA 4
  3. diamondA K J 10 9 7 6 5
  4. club4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1heart Pass 3diamond
Pass 3spade Pass 4club*
Dble Rdble~ Pass 4NT#
Pass 5heart Pass 6club
Pass 7heart Pass 7NT
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* Cue bid or 4th suit forcing?
~ 2nd (or 1st) round control!
# RKCB

When the inevitable double came, South duly found an unusual lead that his partner's double had requested, but it wasn't the one he wanted. The spade gave declarer a fighting chance and a boost of adrenalin.

Alas, there was no happy ending. After winning with the spadeA, declarer crossed to hand with heartA only to see West show out! The diamondQ failed to drop and South eventually finished six down for minus 1400. That was the bad news. But it was compensated slightly by the good news. They won the match .... and went on to win the Gold Cup too.
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