Adrenalin Buzz of Only Successful Declarer

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 10 7 6 2
  2. heartK 8 6 4
  3. diamondA K
  4. clubQ
  1. spadeK J 5 4
  2. heartQ 10 5
  3. diamond7 5
  4. clubJ 8 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 6 5 6 7
S - 6 5 6 7
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heart9 3 2
  3. diamond9 6 4 3
  4. clubK 10 9 6 4 2

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: North

  1. spade9 8 3
  2. heartA J 7
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 2
  4. clubA 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1spade Pass 1NT
Pass 2club* Dble 2spade
3club 4NT~ Pass 5heart#
Pass 6spade End

* please tell me more
~ Aces?
# two

Almost everyone in the room played a spade to the ace - the classic safety play to guard against guessing which singleton honour East might have - if any. Had East played either spadeK or spadeJ declarer could give up a trump trick and use heartA as the vital entry to the remainder of the winning diamonds. Another South finessed the queen but found the 4-0 break too much too handle. The winning South decided that instead of finessing spadeQ she would run spade9 at trick two, losing (relative to a finesse of spadeQ) in the situation when East held singleton jack, but gaining when East held spadeK singleton, spadex or a spade void. This winning decision brought in 17 IMPs.
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