Averted Howls of Derision

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K Q 10 8 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamond8
  4. club10 9 8 7 5
  1. spade6 4
  2. heartJ 5 2
  3. diamond9 5 4 3
  4. club6 4 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 1 4 5 2
S 7 1 3 5 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 7 5 3
  2. heartK 7 6
  3. diamondK Q J 10 7
  4. club—

Contract: 2spade
Declarer: -
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade—
  2. heartA Q 10 9 8 4
  3. diamondA 6 2
  4. clubA K Q J
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade* 2spade~
Pass Pass Pass Pass

* Blue Club, < 17 points
~ Michaels, heart and a minor

North was absolutely right about East's decision not to double, but unfortunately his vision of the possible layout was slightly awry. South had chosen to take a very off-centre view of his big hand instead of doubling. Never mind, South must have been vaguely pleased to have made fewer than twelve tricks, for any North-South playing in a heart slam would probably go down.

You can soon see where you would want to play this hand - 7club. Imagine West leads a trump. South wins and plays heartA, ruffs a heart and cashes two spades discarding diamonds from hand. South enters hand, ruffs another heart and draws trumps. +1440
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