3NT Spade Lead Nine Tricks In Both Rooms

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 2
  2. heart9 6
  3. diamondK 8 7 6 2
  4. clubK 7 4 2
  1. spadeJ 8 5 3
  2. heartA Q J 10 5 3
  3. diamond10
  4. club9 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 4 - - 1
S 3 4 - - 1
E - - 3 3 -
W - - 3 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 9 6
  2. heartK 2
  3. diamondQ 9 5
  4. clubJ 8 6 5

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: spade4
  1. spadeA 7 4
  2. heart8 7 4
  3. diamondA J 4 3
  4. clubA Q 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond
2heart* Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass

* 'Intermediate', 6 hearts, 16+

3NT of course! The lead was a small spade which went to the three, queen and king. Declarer cashed six rounds of hearts before playing spade8 to South's ace. Determined not to be end-played, South held on to her spade7 for grim death, and duly exited with it. Quite what happened to the North-South signalling process is not recorded, but East-West duly scored +600.

So there you have it: final contract 3NT, small spade lead, nine tricks made. Flat board?
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