Swallow the Bait

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 8 3 2
  2. heartJ 9 5 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubQ 10 7 6 4
  1. spadeA Q
  2. heartQ 8 7
  3. diamondA 10 4 3 2
  4. clubA K 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 1 -
S - - - 1 -
E 3 6 - - 6
W 3 6 1 - 6
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 5
  2. heartA 6
  3. diamondK Q 8 7 6 5
  4. clubJ 9 3

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: club8
  1. spadeK J 10 7 4
  2. heartK 10 4 2
  3. diamondJ 9
  4. club8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1club* Pass 2diamond Pass
3diamond Pass 3heart Pass
4club Dble 4diamond Pass
6diamond End

* strong

On seeing the low card from South declarer played low from dummy too! This rather naive approach in playing North for heartKx did not have the desired effect and declarer went two off in a hopeless attempt to recover.

At another table North led a club against 6NT and West looked in good shape to pick up 990. After his unfortunate lead North decided to signal flamboyantly about his attractive spade holding and declarer swallowed the bait by attempting to end-play him. Minus 50!
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