Unusual Ending

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 9 4
  2. heart7
  3. diamondJ 10 7 6
  4. club9 8 7 6 2
  1. spadeJ 10 2
  2. heartQ 10 9 4 2
  3. diamond9
  4. clubJ 10 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 - 2 - 1
S 5 - 2 - 1
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 7 6 5
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamondK Q 5 4 3 2
  4. club—

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeJ
  1. spade8 3
  2. heartA K 6 5 3
  3. diamondA 8
  4. clubA K Q 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade* 2heart~ 2spade
Dble Pass Pass 3club
Pass 4club Pass 5club
Dble End

* artificial, forcing, weak/strong
~ spades and a minor

In the other room West led diamond9 against the same contract. East ducked dummy's jack and declarer made the fatal but understandable error of playing an early round of trumps. Now there were not enough entries to hand to be able to ruff three hearts, and the contract failed.
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