No Cost Blind Spot Gets Just Deserts

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 8 7 2
  2. heartK 10 4 2
  3. diamond6 5 2
  4. club8 6
  1. spade—
  2. heartA J 9 6 5
  3. diamondK Q 10
  4. clubA K 9 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 7 7 6 4 7
W 7 7 6 4 7
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q 5
  2. heartQ 7
  3. diamondA J 9 4
  4. clubJ 10 3

Contract: 7club
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond7
  1. spadeJ 9 6 4 3
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamond8 7 3
  4. clubQ 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass
2heart Pass 3club# Pass
3diamond! Pass 3NT+ Pass
4club Pass 4diamond Pass
5diamond Pass 6diamond Pass
7club End

* 17-20
~ transfer
# strong No Trump
! Minor suit enquiry
+ Both minors stopped

Well, at the other table East-West reached the grand slam in clubs when East's naturally intended 4diamond was construed as a cue-bid. You can guess what happened - this East's declarer play was better judged than his counterpart in the other room. East-West + 2140 and 12 IMPs! You could say our first East's blind spot did not cost anything, it just got what it deserved!
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