Bridge Can Be A Very Cruel Game

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 2
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamondK 6 5
  4. clubA Q 10 4 3
  1. spade9 4 3
  2. heartA 8 7 5 3
  3. diamondJ
  4. club8 7 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 3 - 4 5 4
W 3 - 4 5 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K J 5
  2. heartK 10 9 2
  3. diamondA 8
  4. clubK 9 6

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East

  1. spade8 7 6
  2. heartQ J
  3. diamondQ 10 9 7 4 3 2
  4. clubJ
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
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-- -- 1spade Pass
2spade Pass 4NT Pass
5diamond Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
Not a bit of it! Declarer proceeded to take diamondA, ruff a diamond, spade to the jack and two more rounds of trumps (finding them 3-3 of course). After heartK, heart10 to the ace and three more rounds discarding a club, all that was now required was to find clubA onside (naturally!). East-West seemed surprised that no one else was in a slam - in fact some did not manage to reach game. However what crowned off this now memorable hand for me was RHO who proceeded to comment................
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