Difficult to Fathom

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade8 6 5
  2. heartQ 8 7 4 3
  3. diamond8 6
  4. club9 8 6
  1. spade7
  2. heartJ 9 5
  3. diamond9 2
  4. clubA J 10 7 4 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - 5 -
S - 3 - 5 -
E 4 - 3 - 4
W 3 - 3 - 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 2
  2. heartA K 10 6 2
  3. diamondQ J 4
  4. clubQ 5

Contract: 5club
Declarer: West
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeA J 10 9 4 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K 10 7 5 3
  4. clubK
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 3club*
3NT Pass Pass 4diamond
4heart Pass Pass Dble
Pass Pass 4NT Dble
5club End

* spade + diamond, 0+ points

Looking at all four hand it is still difficult to fathom some of the actions - particularly West's extraordinary 3NT. Even so she was absolutely correct with her judgment - ten tricks are cold in No Trumps - but you wouldn't want to play there if you suffered from hypertension.

The hand was played six times and the results were: 3heart doubled (9 tricks) by East, 3heart doubled (10 tricks) by East, 4heart doubled (9 tricks) by East, 5club (9 tricks) by West, 5club(12 tricks!!) by West and 4spade (10 tricks) by North.

The datum on the hand was N/S = -240. 5spade can be made by N/S, and 4NT can be made by E/W.

Some hand!
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