Slam Or Content With Game

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeJ 4 3
  2. heartA Q 10 8 6
  3. diamond10 6
  4. club9 7 3
  1. spade9 7 5
  2. heartK 7 3 2
  3. diamondK 8 7 4 3
  4. club8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 2 2 5 5
S 5 2 2 6 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 6
  2. heartJ 9 5 4
  3. diamondJ 9 5
  4. clubK 6 5 2

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA K Q 8 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA Q 2
  4. clubA Q J 10 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2spade
Pass 3heart Pass 4club
Pass 4spade Pass 6spade
All Pass
South wins in hand and crosses to spadeJ. The club9 follows for a finesse, and another club goes to the ten. If West ruffs now he is end-played as before to yield an extra red suit winner and another vital entry to dummy for the last club finesse. If he defers ruffing in, South continues clubs from the top and the result is the same.

The original author skewed the E-W hands and lead to justify the original bidding. I have accepted the lead, but skewed the play, to justify the superior modern bidding to what is a quite reasonable slam!
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