Defender Embarrassed

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade5 3
  2. heartA 8 3
  3. diamondQ 7 2
  4. clubA K J 9 2
  1. spadeQ 6
  2. heartJ 10 5
  3. diamondA J 5
  4. club10 7 6 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - 1 -
S 1 - - 1 -
E - 1 1 - 1
W - 1 1 - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 8
  2. heartK 9 4 2
  3. diamondK 10 8 4
  4. clubQ 5

Contract: 1NT
Declarer: East
Lead: spade4
  1. spadeA 10 9 7 4 2
  2. heartQ 7 6
  3. diamond9 6 3
  4. club8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT Pass
Pass Pass
At another table North's sound technique of rising with heartA at trick two paid off in an unexpected way . faced with the real prospect of the defence clearing up after the lead was lost, East decided that two bites of the cherry would be better than one. Accordingly he cashed two diamonds ending in dummy, hoping for a pleasant surprise, but when diamondQ failed to drop he naively took the heart finesse. He didn't make any more tricks and the pleasant surprise belonged to the defence. East West -300. No doubt our American friends will be shaking their heads at the folly of the Weak No Trump!
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