Donachie Double

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 8 6 4 3
  2. heartA Q 9
  3. diamondA Q
  4. clubK 8 6
  1. spade2
  2. heartK 7 2
  3. diamondJ 8 2
  4. clubJ 10 7 5 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 5 2 5 6
S 1 5 1 4 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10 9 7
  2. heart10 8 5 4 3
  3. diamond10 6
  4. clubA Q

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: North
Lead: spadeJ
  1. spadeA Q 5
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamondK 9 7 5 4 3
  4. club9 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 2diamond
Pass 3NT Pass 4spade
Pass 6spade* Dble Pass
Pass 6NT End

* !!!!!!!

Declarer won the spade in hand, unblocked the diamonds (they break), crossed to a top spade (they don't break) and cashed the diamonds. heartJ was covered by the king and ace and dummy re-entered with the other top spade. North was down to heartQ9clubK and East's last discard was clubQ, so declarer's choice was either to finesse heart10 or play for the 6spade doubler to have the club ace and 10heart........one of which would now be bare.
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