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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade7 4
  2. heartJ 8 7 6 3
  3. diamond6 4 3 2
  4. club10 4
  1. spade6
  2. heartA K 2
  3. diamondA Q J 9 8 7 5
  4. club7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - 2 -
S 1 - - 2 -
E - 6 6 - 6
W - 5 5 - 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 9 5
  2. heartQ 10 9 5 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA 3 2
  1. spadeA Q 10 8 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamond10
  4. clubK Q J 9 8 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 2heart*
3diamond Pass 3heart~ 4heart#
5heart Pass Pass 5spade
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass

* black two suiter
~
# big black two suiter!

In the event our South at the other table, fortified by an interval glass of wine, competed all the way to 6spade(!!), but somehow she made nine tricks for a mere 500 away and a decent swing to us. As we won the event on split tie against this team, the hand was all important.

Eagle-eyed analysts will have spotted that with diamond10 coming down, 6NT by East is absolutely cold. So athough a spade contract could prove cheap, a sensible and possibly achievable result by North-South would be to defend 5heart or 5diamond undoubled.

I'm pleased to say that North/South were best of friends again by the next hand!
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