One Point Five Per Cent

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K 8 7 4 3
  3. diamondQ 6
  4. clubQ J 10 6 4
  1. spadeQ J 10 8 7 6 3 2
  2. heartQ 6 2
  3. diamondA
  4. club8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 - 5 - 6
S 6 - 5 - 6
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 5
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondK J 9 8 5 4 3
  4. club9 7 2

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA
  1. spadeA K 4
  2. heart10 9 5
  3. diamond10 7 2
  4. clubA K 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4spade 4NT* Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* two suiter

I ruffed high and led the clubQ, all following, and a club to the king, LHO showing out. I was about to draw the last trump and rely on hearts being 2-2 when it occurred to me that a singleton honour with RHO would also work, in which case I'd need an entry back to hand. So I led heart10 to the king and jack, and a third trump to hand. I cashed the spadeAK of spades, RHO discarding on the third round. After taking off my socks, I could now count LHO for 8-3-1-1 and took the heart finesse for what I make a 1.5% slam.

Well, you've got to bid those to make up for the 95% ones that fail!
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