Restricted Choices

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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
At single dummy, 6diamond appeared to be a decent contract. If declarer avoids either an initial trump lead or a trump switch after losing the first heart, 6diamond would have been very easy. Even with the trump lead, the contract seemed to have many chances - say, trumps split two/two, and/or hearts breaking evenly.

Modesty prevents Dick from explaining exactly how 6diamond made when all these chances failed to materialise - so I'll tell you instead.

Suffice it to say he's heard about the Principle of Restricted Choice!
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