Good Contact Poor Play

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 5 2
  2. heartA 7 2
  3. diamondA 8 4
  4. clubA J 9
  1. spade7 6 4
  2. heartK J 9 8 5 4
  3. diamond2
  4. clubK 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 1 4 4
S 2 3 1 4 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 3
  2. heartQ 10
  3. diamondK Q 7 6 5
  4. club10 8 7 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: North
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeA J 10 9
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamondJ 10 9 3
  4. clubQ 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
2heart* Pass Pass Dble
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass

* weak

This type of hand shows the difference between a good, solid (but not necessarily expert) player and those who cannot cut the ice. At the table North won and led a small spade (why not the queen?) to the nine. He now ran diamondJ to East's queen and East was not hard pushed to return a diamond for West to ruff. After cashing a heart West exited with a trump to leave North helpless. There were no entries for a squeeze and the defence eventually took a club trick.
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