Italians Are Good Guessers

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 7 4
  2. heartA Q 6 5
  3. diamondK Q 8
  4. clubK 10 3
  1. spade6 5
  2. heart10 4 2
  3. diamondJ 9 7 2
  4. club9 8 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 2 5 5 7
S 6 2 5 4 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 9 8
  2. heartK 9 8 7
  3. diamond10 6 5 4 3
  4. club—

Contract: 7club
Declarer: South
Lead: club4
  1. spadeA J 3 2
  2. heartJ 3
  3. diamondA
  4. clubA Q J 7 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass 2club
Pass 2heart Pass 3club~
Pass 3spade# Pass 4NT
Pass 5diamond Pass 7club
Pass Pass Pass

* 16-18
~ Natural, asking about clubs
# three to an honour

Rather than take the boring and straightforward line - cash spadeA and if the king did not appear revert to the heart finesse, Lauria cashed both clubs first throwing a spade and heart from dummy. When East threw spade10 and heart8 declarer played a heart to the ace and dropped East's king! This had been the ending ...
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