Great Players Make Leads

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10
  2. heartK Q 9
  3. diamondA 10 9 8 3 2
  4. clubK 9 8
  1. spadeQ 9 5 3 2
  2. heartJ 8 5 4
  3. diamondQ 6 4
  4. club7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 6 - - -
S 5 6 - - -
E - - 5 4 -
W - - 5 4 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K J 8 7 6
  2. heartA 10 7 6 3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. club2

Contract: 7diamondx
Declarer: North
Lead: ?
  1. spade4
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK J 7 5
  4. clubA Q J 10 6 5 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond 2diamond* 2heart~
4spade 4NT 5spade 6club
Pass 6diamond 6spade 7diamond
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* majors
~ diamond support

Hand 1.

Hamman led heartA ...wrong! 2330 to France giving a net swing of 19 IMPs. Since the USA would have gained 9 IMPs on a spade lead the total swing was 28 IMPs. France took the lead on this deal 89-75.
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