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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 4
  2. heartA K J 7
  3. diamond3
  4. clubK 7 5 4 2
  1. spadeA 9 6 2
  2. heart10 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 2
  4. clubA J 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 1 - -
S - 2 1 - -
E - - - - 1
W 1 - - 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 7 3
  2. heartQ 8 6 3
  3. diamond7 6
  4. clubQ 10 9 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spade7
  1. spadeJ 8 5
  2. heart9 5 4
  3. diamondK J 10 8 5 4
  4. club8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1spade 1NT Pass 2diamond*
Pass 3heart Pass 3NT
Pass 4heart End

* transfer

Declarer must have been in a mild state of shock as he led a diamond towards dummy's king - hoping for miracles. West won diamondA and switched to a low trump, and North's next error of judgement was to insert heartJ. East won and returned a heart, so now North tried spadeQ, ducked all round. By a process of elimination North had finally arrived at the club suit, but the king was not selected. East won and played a third round of hearts - access to dummy was finally achieved with heart9. diamondJ was covered, declarer threw a spade, but it made no difference. In stony silence, the score of five off was entered into the scorecards. Whoops.
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