Strange Bridge Books

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ J 10 3 2
  3. diamond10 3 2
  4. clubA 10 9 7 3
  1. spadeJ 4 3
  2. heartA 9 8 5
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. clubJ 6 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 5 2 - -
S 2 4 2 - -
E - - - 4 3
W - - - 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q 10 8 6 5 2
  2. heart7 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubK 8

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: club4
  1. spade9 7
  2. heartK 6
  3. diamondA J 9 8 6 5 4
  4. clubQ 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1heart Dble 2diamond
Dble* 3club 4spade Pass
Pass 5diamond End

*Responsive

The contract cannot be beaten unless you have put a club on the computer's baize, otherwise declarer can cash diamondA and establish the hearts for a club discard. Any comments?

I'd bet that if this deal happened at the table 70% of all Easts would bid 4spade at their first turn. I would also be very surprised if either East or West didn't go on to 5spade, had the example bidding been replicated. Note that not only is 5spade good insurance against West's failure to lead a club against 5diamond, but 5spade will only be defeated on a heart lead.
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