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
WE WERE A BIT LUCKY THERE PARTNER. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 6heart!!!!!!

It will not have escaped your notice that not only is 6heart a vastly inferior contract (i.e. about 0.1%) compared to 6spade, but also that Simon did not exactly find the ideal lead. Hard-line correpondents were quick to point this out and one even added the knife-twisting " ..gets what he deserves". Bridge can be a very cruel game.
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