Unhappy North Unhappy South

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 7
  2. heartK 9 5 2
  3. diamondJ 2
  4. clubA K Q 10 8
  1. spadeK Q 10 9 6 4 3 2
  2. heart4 3
  3. diamondK
  4. clubJ 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 5 5 - 4
S 4 5 5 - 4
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heart10 8 6
  3. diamondA 9 8 6
  4. club9 7 6 4
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA Q J 7
  3. diamondQ 10 7 5 4 3
  4. club5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4spade Pass Pass Pass(!)
At the two other tables West sensibly opened 4spade. It now takes excellent judgment for North-South to land on a 5heart sixpence. If North doubles, South bids 4NT to offer a choice of games. Again, after both minor suits are bid they should end in 5heart for plus 450.

Similarly, if North passes originally, South can protect with a double or 5diamond, or even 4NT to reach 5heart, but the situation still calls for common sense by both players.

As it happened, both of these North-South pairs were wimps and let West play there for a quiet minus 100.

All in all, none of the four North-Souths could be at all happy with their result.
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