Score Well Or Score Very Well

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 8 4
  2. heartK J 7
  3. diamond10 3 2
  4. clubJ 9 7 3
  1. spadeA 10 9 7 6 5 2
  2. heartA 9
  3. diamond4
  4. club10 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - 3 - -
S 2 - 3 - -
E - 1 - 2 -
W - 1 - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartQ 10
  3. diamondK Q J 9 8 7
  4. club8 5 2

Contract: 5heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond4
  1. spade3
  2. heart8 6 5 4 3 2
  3. diamondA 6 5
  4. clubA K Q
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond* Pass
1spade Dble 2diamond 4heart
4spade Pass Pass 5heart
Dble End

* Precision

This is where I hand over to my self-deprecating correspondent, the unwilling victim of the hand.

I went up with the Ace and had to guess how to get to partner's hand for a ruff. I decided to try and give him a spade ruff, so led ace and another. This was not a success as declarer ruffed and after an enormous trance, guessed to drop the heartQ, following which the two black jacks provided discards for his losing diamonds. We finished runners up to their team - this was one of two boards which arguably prevented it being the other way round......
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