Take Each Board As It Comes

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

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South

  1. spadeK 10 7 3 2
  2. heartJ 10 8 6
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA Q 8 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade
2club 3club Pass 4spade
Pass 5diamond Pass 5spade
Pass 6spade End
West would not fly in with spadeA from spadeAx, so he must have either singleton ace or spadeAJ only. Because you're a flair player who sometimes plays with the odds, you decide the ace is stiff. So, you win heartA and lead diamondK, ruffing as East plays the ace. You cash clubA throwing dummy's last heart and ruff a heart with spade9. You now lead diamonds through East and when he eventually ruffs, over-ruff. Your last loser is ruffed with spadeQ and you trump coup East's spadeJ8 with your spadeK10. Easy, yeah?

Well no actually, because everything is easy double-dummy. At the table South played for spades to be 3-2 and ended with another lousy board. I wonder what North-South did on the next board?
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