Forget the Camrose Remember Wembley

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 5 2
  2. heartA 4 3
  3. diamondQ J 4
  4. clubA Q 7 3
  1. spadeQ 6 4
  2. heartQ J 9 6
  3. diamond—
  4. clubJ 10 9 8 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 7 - 6 7
S 3 7 - 7 7
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 7
  2. heartK 10 8 7 5
  3. diamond10 8 6 3 2
  4. club5

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeK J 9 8 3
  2. heart2
  3. diamondA K 9 7 5
  4. clubK 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1spade
Pass 1NT Pass 3diamond
Pass 3spade Pass 4diamond
Pass 4heart Pass 4NT
Pass 5spade Pass 6club
Pass 7spade Pass
I lied. Willy the Camrose virgin had brought along his fairy godmother to watch over him. At the table where N-S reached a grand slam, South rather unimaginatively preferred the conventional position with the king over the queen, and hence went off.

In the open room, East uncharacteristically chose to ignore all the signs and tried to cash the heartK, which was not a success. Declarer drew trumps and made twelve tricks with the aid of the marked diamond finesse.

So why is bridge a cruel game? Well, because sometimes bad play produces great results and good bridge sometimes produces disasters. It might have happened here. Bridge columnists can be cruel too. Forget the Camrose - remember 9-3 at Wembley!
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