Bold Moves At Pairs

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade9 7 6 3
  2. heart10 8 5
  3. diamondA 9 8
  4. clubA K 6
  1. spadeK Q 8
  2. heartA K 9
  3. diamondJ 10 6 5 2
  4. club10 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 2 - -
S - - 2 - -
E 2 1 - 2 -
W 2 1 - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 5 2
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamond4 3
  4. clubQ 9 7 5 3

Contract: 2heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeK
  1. spade10 4
  2. heartQ J 7 4 2
  3. diamondK Q 7
  4. clubJ 8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Dble~ Pass
Pass Pass

* 12-14
~ take-out

South made a classic error by leading another heart from dummy. All was that required was for her to enter hand with diamondK and lead a trump towards dummy. This means that when West flies in with the ace, declarer still retains her queen as insurance against a trump promotion.

At the table South's failure to do so was fatal. West won South's heartQ with his ace and led a spade his partner's ace. West ditched spadeQ on clubQ and a third round of spades promoted heart9 as a winner - West's bold gamble had come off.
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