Discipline And Justice

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 4
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondK J 10 9 5 3
  4. club9 6 2
  1. spadeK Q 8 6 5 2
  2. heartK 6 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK Q 10 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 - 4 3 4
W 1 1 4 4 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 3
  2. heartJ 9 5 4 2
  3. diamondA Q 8 2
  4. club4

Contract: 5spade
Declarer: West
Lead: club6
  1. spade10 7
  2. heart10 8 7
  3. diamond7 6 4
  4. clubA J 7 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass
1spade 2diamond Dble* 2spade
4diamond Pass 4spade Pass
5diamond Pass 5spade End

* 3 card support

. . . several pairs overstretched on this deal. This usually involved the Wests leaping to 4diamond showing a void and then, apart from a couple of disciplined individuals who judged very well, continuing over East's 4spade sign-off. You can see that there is a maximum of ten tricks in a spade contract if the defence is accurate, and wherever East-West overstretched to the five level the defence avoided the diamond lead that would have allowed two heart discards from the West hand. Justice indeed.
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