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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K 10 9 5
  2. heart—
  3. diamondJ 6 2
  4. clubK 10 8 5 2
  1. spadeQ J 7 3
  2. heartK Q 10 9 4 3
  3. diamondA
  4. club7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 - 1 -
S - 4 - 1 -
E - - 2 - -
W 1 - 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 4 2
  2. heartJ 8 6
  3. diamond4 3
  4. clubA Q J 9 3

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spade6
  2. heartA 7 5 2
  3. diamondK Q 10 9 8 7 5
  4. club4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 1spade 2heart 3diamond
3heart 4heart Pass 4NT
Pass 6diamond Pass Pass
Pass
heartK! South won in hand and cashed two spades, discarding his losing club. He then carefully cross-ruffed until he was left with only trumps in his hand. diamondA was the only loser.

West was furious with East for not bidding clubs to indicate a good lead. East was indignant and claimed that it was obvious that a heart lead was wrong - why had he not led diamondA to "Have a look at dummy"?

When asked what they thought, North-South kept quiet - they had got away with murder.
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