Now He Can Never Forget

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 4 3 2
  2. heartK 5
  3. diamondA Q 10 9 3
  4. clubA 9
Green square in centre

Contract: 7club
Declarer: South
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA Q 7 6
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubK Q J 8 7 2
West North East South
1diamond 1heart 2club
Pass 2NT* Pass 4NT~
Pass 5heart# Dble 5NT
Pass 6diamond! Pass 7club
Pass Pass Pass

* 15-17
~ Blackwood
# two aces
! one king

South realised that East certainly had a six card heart suit and therefore the initial idea of a heart ruff in dummy would be a non-starter. With East's hearts so poor, declarer was sure that the diamond finesse was wrong, but that meant there were only eleven top tricks - so where were the others coming from?
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