Bad Contract Nice Score

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

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeA 9 6 5
  2. heart6 5
  3. diamondK 6 4
  4. clubJ 9 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1diamond Pass 1heart Pass
1spade Pass 2club Pass
3diamond Pass 6diamond End
It's probably slightly better to let diamond8 hold, because then you can ruff a club which might isolate the menace in that suit for use in a potential squeeze. It didn't matter here, because after winning with the nine, declarer ruffed a spade and ran all the trumps. Eventually the heart finesse provided the twelfth trick when declarer decided that North started with four hearts. Bad contract, nice score.

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