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Contract: 6 |
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Pass | 4 |
| Dble | 5 |
Pass | 5 * |
| Pass | 6 |
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Q and the other is to play spades for three tricks. Be honest, the diamond finesse doesn't sound like a winner does it, but at least we have been warned by West's double so the alternative is to play spades to such advantage that we can discard a club from dummy on K. For that possibility to become a reality there must be a singleton Q, or 10x with East, or Q10 with West, or simply Q with East. The best chance of these four is plainly the last and the least likely is the doubleton honour with West.At the table declarer did very well not to finesse J and duly racked up his slam. Presumably he was intending to finesse the diamond as a last resort, but when the spade miracle duly occurred North could attempt the diamond finesse for the overtrick. So West was very unlucky - his double of 4 should have warned his opponents away from a slam and pushed declarer towards the losing option in spades, so I wonder why he refused the bait?
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