Keep On Your Toes

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ J 3 2
  2. heart8 5 3
  3. diamond8 6 4 2
  4. clubK 2
  1. spade7 6 5
  2. heartQ J 9
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA J 9 8 7 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 4 2 - 2 1
W 4 2 - 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 4
  2. heartA K
  3. diamondK J 10 9 7 3
  4. clubQ 10

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: heart7
  1. spadeA 9 8
  2. heart10 7 6 4 2
  3. diamondA Q 5
  4. club6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1heart
2club 2heart 2NT* Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass

* forcing

North, who had done everything right up until now, fell from grace when he failed to find the diamond switch. East won heartK and rattled off the rest of the winners for +430.

Go on, admit it, you thought I was going to say that North should duck clubQ, didn't you? It's a cunning plan and at one table where South did not make a disgusting 1heart overcall David Green followed exactly that defence, hoping that declarer would finesse again and be stranded from dummy ...
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