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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 5 4
  2. heart9 8 4 3
  3. diamond8
  4. club7 6 3 2
  1. spadeQ J 10 6
  2. heartA Q J 2
  3. diamond7 6 3
  4. club5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 4 - -
S - 4 4 - -
E 3 - - 1 -
W 3 - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 3 2
  2. heart7
  3. diamondJ 4
  4. clubA K Q J 10 9 8

Contract: 5heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: club5
  1. spade9 7
  2. heartK 10 6 5
  3. diamondA K Q 10 9 5 2
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1diamond
1spade Pass 2club 2heart
Pass 3club* 5club 5diamond
Dble 5heart Pass Pass
Dble End

* game try in hearts

At the table, dummy won and another heart was led. West won heartA, cashed heartQ to extract declarer's last trump and continued with a club. While East cashed his clubs, West ditched all his diamonds and the only remaining trick that South could muster was heart9 in dummy, West's hand being high.

5heart was seven light or 2000 (in old scoring) to East-West. South got greedy. If he abandons trumps when in with spadeK and simply plays on diamonds the result would have been at least 1500 less catastrophic.

Ten tricks are straightfoward with diamonds as trumps, and at the other table South chalked up +130.
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