Different From the Rest

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 8 7
  2. heartQ J 10 3
  3. diamondA 6 5
  4. club6 5 3
  1. spadeA 5
  2. heart7 5 4
  3. diamondJ 9 3
  4. clubK Q 10 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 1 2 5 2
W 5 1 2 5 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 6 3
  2. heartA K 2
  3. diamondK 7
  4. clubJ 9 4

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond4
  1. spade9 4 2
  2. heart9 8 6
  3. diamondQ 10 8 4 2
  4. clubA 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass

* strong

This is a relatively easy one when set as a problem, but can you honestly say that you would have continued with a diamond at the table? When the deal actually occurred North thought that declarer must have diamondKQ doubleton and switched masterfully to heartQ. The result was plus one instead of minus one.

The opportunities for these trick one ruses occur quite frequently - it's quite hard for defenders not to be taken in by them. The deals on 17th Feb 2001 and 14th May 2002 are good examples.
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