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The writer claimed that East-West had a profitable sacrifice in diamonds but not clubs. What do say to that? 5 doubled is four off: two spades losers, two hearts and one each in the minors, -700 in all

What about 5? Imagine the defence cashes two spades and switch to the top three hearts. What does West do? To ruff low allows North to over-ruff with 10, who then switches back to spade winners. Whether this is ruffed in dummy or hand South throws 10, and however declarer plays he must lose another trick to 9. It's no better if declarer ruffs with Q at trick five. North-South always come to two trump tricks. -700 (old scoring) .... again!
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