Is It Time For Heroics

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 8 4
  2. heartK 8 6 4 3
  3. diamondQ 5
  4. club9 8 4
  1. spadeK Q J 7 6 5
  2. heart10 9
  3. diamondA K J
  4. clubK 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 7 4 7 7
W 5 7 4 7 7
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 2
  2. heartA J 5
  3. diamond10 9 7 2
  4. clubA J 10 7

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: West
Lead: spade4
  1. spade10 3
  2. heartQ 7 2
  3. diamond8 6 4 3
  4. clubQ 6 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass
1spade Pass 1NT* Pass
2club~ Pass 2NT# Pass
3spade Pass 4club Pass
4diamond Pass 4heart Pass
4NT Pass 5club! Pass
7spade End

* 11-15
~ tell me more
# 14-15, 2 spades
! three aces

Instead of putting all his eggs in the same basket by playing South for diamondQx(x), West decided to give himself an extra chance by cashing diamondAK first. This would not only still pick up diamondQx in the South hand, but also diamondQx in the North slot. If diamondQ did not fall, then declarer planned to play North for clubQx(x) by cashing clubK and finessing the ten.

You can see what happened. The fall of diamondQ removed any problems and West claimed, scoring +1510. So this is the other side of the same scorecard-inspection coin. West could look down his card and see that his grand slam was a key result in his side's victory. However, all these heroics were rendered a little over the top......
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