The Only Game Possible

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 4
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamondA K 10 8 6 3
  4. clubA K 2
  1. spadeK Q 6 3
  2. heart8 7
  3. diamond9 4 2
  4. clubQ 9 8 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 4 - 1
S 2 3 4 - 1
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 10 9 7 5
  2. heartA 10 5 2
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubJ 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeJ 2
  2. heartK Q J 9 4
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. club10 7 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1spade 2heart
2spade 3spade Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
Our anti-hero continued rather absent-mindedly with another spade, so declarer ruffed and went into the tank. It had dawned on East that he had helped declarer reduce his trump length to that required for a trump coup - the same as his own. Eventually South emerged by playing diamondQ, diamondx and running the diamond suit through East, picking up the trump suit in the process. Nice reading of the hand, but ..
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