Highly Optimistic But Exquisite

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 8 7 6 4 3 2
  2. heart9 6
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubQ J 3
  1. spadeA K J
  2. heartK 7 2
  3. diamondQ 7 6
  4. clubA 10 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 4 5 3 5
W 5 4 4 3 5
Green square in centre
  1. spade9
  2. heartA J 10 3
  3. diamondA 4 3 2
  4. clubK 9 7 6

Contract: 6club
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeQ 5
  2. heartQ 8 5 4
  3. diamondK 10 9 8 5
  4. club8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1club Pass
2club Pass 2diamond Pass
2heart Pass 3heart Pass
4club Pass 4diamond Pass
4NT Pass 5diamond Pass
5heart Pass 6club Pass
Pass Pass
North wouldn't have played clubs like that holding merely clubJ3, so after cashing the spades declarer knew that North held ten black cards. South was therefore odds-on favourite to hold heartQ, so East cashed heartA and ran the jack, which held. After cashing diamondA North's distribution was confirmed as 7-2-1-3 and he was put on play with clubQ to reach the position on the next page ...
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