Unsung Star of the Show

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6
  2. heart9 8 5
  3. diamondK 8
  4. clubQ J 10 8 7 6 4
  1. spadeQ J 10 9
  2. heartK
  3. diamond7 6 4 3 2
  4. clubK 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 5 5 6 4
W 2 4 5 6 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 4 2
  2. heartA Q 6 3 2
  3. diamondA Q
  4. clubA 9

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: club3
  1. spadeK 7 5 3
  2. heartJ 10 7 4
  3. diamondJ 10 9 5
  4. club3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2NT Pass
3club* Pass 3heart Pass
3NT Pass 4spade Pass
5club Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* Stayman

I would love to report that this elegant and far-seeing line was found at the table, but reality is more depressing. One pair's sequence died at 4spade and they recorded a modest +650.

The other pair duly sailed into the slam but, in the words of my correspondent, ... declarer having won trick one with the clubA , then paused to think what he should do and decided that he should be in the West hand after all to take the spade finesse, so played a club towards the king, only for it to be ruffed. Unlucky - I think not!
The unsung star of the show was North for realising that to double 3club would be fatuous, for East may well have been woken from his dreaming.
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