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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 2
  2. heartK 10 9 7 6 2
  3. diamondA K 7 2
  4. club9
  1. spadeJ 8 7 3
  2. heartJ 4
  3. diamond6 5 4
  4. clubK 10 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 6 4 - 2
S - 6 4 - 3
E 1 - - 1 -
W 1 - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 6 5
  2. heartA Q 8 3
  3. diamond8
  4. clubJ 7 5 4
  1. spadeA 9 4
  2. heart5
  3. diamondQ J 10 9 3
  4. clubA Q 8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1heart Pass 2club
Pass 2spade Pass 3spade
Pass 4NT Pass 5heart
Pass 6diamond End
In the LCBA league, each league team comprises two teams of four. On this particular hand, for some reason, nobody ended in the easy 5diamond. At two tables the contract reached was 3NT. At our table we got to six diamonds. And there was a slip (big time!!) at the last table when they played in 3diamond.

How would you rate your chances in either 6diamond or in 3NT? As the cards lie, you would think that three no-trumps would be defeated on a normal spade lead. But in practice it was made on both occasions - once without a spade lead, because of a learned rule (!) not to lead from jack to four against no-trumps.
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