Not A Great Deal

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeK 9 8 4 2
  2. heartK Q 10 5
  3. diamondA K 6 2
  4. club—
  1. spade10 3
  2. heartJ 9 7 2
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. club10 9 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 6 5 5 5
S 2 4 4 5 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 7 6
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamond8 4 3
  4. clubQ 8 7 2

Contract: 6diamondx
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartA 8 3
  3. diamondJ 10 9 5
  4. clubA K J 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 2diamond
Pass 4club~ Pass 4heart
Pass 6diamond Dble Pass
Pass Pass

~ diamond fit, short clubs

Declarer decided that East's double was indicative of a spade holding headed by spadeAQ, so he took the trump finesse, drew two more round of trumps and cashed all the hearts throwing a spade from hand. He then exited with a small spade from dummy to East's queen. What could East do? To continue spades would allow declarer to establish the suit, so East exited with a club, whereupon a winning finesse and a ruff in dummy brought home the revolting slam.
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