Having A Little Doze

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Aggregate
  1. spade9 5
  2. heartJ 10 8 5 2
  3. diamond8
  4. clubQ J 9 8 6
  1. spadeA J 4
  2. heartA Q 9
  3. diamondQ J 6 4
  4. clubK 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 4 - 2 3
W 2 4 - 2 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 6 3
  2. heartK 3
  3. diamondK 7 3 2
  4. clubA 7 5 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: heart6
  1. spadeK Q 10 7 2
  2. heart7 6 4
  3. diamondA 10 9 5
  4. club10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart* Pass Pass
Dble Pass 2NT Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass

* five heart + minor, 5-9 points

South was already well ahead in the match and unthinkingly returned a heart. Declarer won heartAQ and cashed clubK to strip-squeeze South in the pointed suits. If South discarded a spade declarer would exit with ace and another, but if he ditched a diamond East could simply establish a ninth trick by playing a diamond immediately. Had South continued with spades, he could have taken four spade tricks and diamondA to defeat the contract.

Although South was annoyed with himself, no great harm was done. The match was scored by aggregate totals, and his team won by more than 6000 points.
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