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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 9 4
  2. heartK 5 3
  3. diamondA K 9 3
  4. club10 8
  1. spadeA K J 8
  2. heartA Q J 10 9 6
  3. diamond6
  4. club6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 6 - 3 3 2
W 6 - 3 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 3 2
  2. heart4
  3. diamondJ 7 4
  4. clubA K Q 5 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondA
  1. spade7 5
  2. heart8 7 2
  3. diamondQ 10 8 5 2
  4. clubJ 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass Pass
2club~ Pass 3club# Pass
4heart End

* 12-14
~ both majors
# natural

. . . at one table North correctly interpreted his partner's diamond2 as showing five - after all declarer was more likely to have one than three on this bidding. North therefore switched to a club to prematurely remove West's entries to dummy. After seeing his partner's club7, on winning with heartK he played another club - dummy was dead and North came to two spade tricks. One off.

At another table East-West reached an adventurous 6club. Declarer won the trump switch at trick two, drew trumps and eventually ruffed out North's heartK to score plus 1370. Top score!
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