Exterminate Exterminate

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartK 10 9
  3. diamondK Q J 10 2
  4. clubJ 10 5 4 2
  1. spadeA K J 10 8 4
  2. heartJ 4 3
  3. diamond9 7 5 3
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 5 2 - -
S 4 5 2 - -
E - - - 5 -
W - - - 5 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 7 6 5 2
  2. heart6 5
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA Q 8 7 3

Contract: 6diamondx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spade3
  2. heartA Q 8 7 2
  3. diamondA 8 6 4
  4. clubK 9 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Dble
4spade 4NT* Pass 5diamond
5spade 6diamond Pass Pass
Dble End

* minors

Congratulations if you decided to play the nine - only one off! (You still cannot afford to draw trumps, so you concede a club ruff.) With 5spade cold, and six only defeated on ace and another heart, you have an excellent board. Of course I am being cruel, because it would take an outstanding view from East to play low on your club from dummy with ten clubs on view. At our table we were allowed to play in 5diamond for a monster board ... East did not play low on the club at trick three. At two tables North-South doubled 5spade and failed to lead a heart. Minus 1050! I watched the post mortem as one North rapidly metamorphosed into a green, antennae-glowing alien. He was last heard spouting "Support diamonds! Support diamonds!" in the Dalek voice mode of "Exterminate! Exterminate!".
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