New Four Card Suit At the 7 Level

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 7 6 5
  2. heart10 6 5 4 2
  3. diamond9 5
  4. club6 2
  1. spadeA J 10 4 2
  2. heartK 9 8 3
  3. diamond10 8 3 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 7 5 7 6
W 2 7 5 7 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondA K Q 6 4
  4. clubK Q J 7

Contract: 7diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: heart6
  1. spade9 3
  2. heartJ 7
  3. diamondJ 7
  4. clubA 10 9 8 5 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1club* 3club~
3heart# Pass 3spade Pass
4heart Pass 4NT! Pass
6club+ Pass 7club^ Pass
7diamond End

* strong
~ weak
# game-forcing, spades
! Blackwood
+ 1 ace, club void
^ choose a major

North led a heart and there were no problems in the play. OK, so 7spade is virtually as good and it scores more, but I hope that you agree that it's not quite such a good story.

In the other room, East wheeled out Blackwood a round earlier and jumped to 6NT when her partner showed one ace. That contract also presented no problems.

Except in the scoring up afterwards.
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