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Well, do you want to be in the grand? I reckon so. My correspondent had toyed with the idea of bidding 7 as he was sure of a real club suit opposite. His suggested line of winning the lead,ruffing the diamond, cashing AK, coming to hand with A and running the rest of the trumps looks OK by me. Although we would almost certainly go off if the clubs are five-nil (West would either have the clubs or make a Lightner double), then there is about a 75% chance of finding the clubs three-two or with a singleton jack. Add to that a somewhat unlikely heart-club squeeze and declarer's chances of reading the actual situation then the contract would be around 80%.
Note: please see the additionall chance spotted for 7 by Anthony Golding in this deal. The details can be found at the end of the article on 23/05/2001
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