Insufficient Compensation

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 9 7 6 4
  2. heartA K J 7 5 2
  3. diamond6
  4. club7
  1. spadeA 8 5
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K J 10 7 2
  4. clubK J 8 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 6 5 1 2 3
W 6 5 1 2 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 3
  2. heart10 9 8 6 3
  3. diamond9
  4. clubA 6 4 3

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: heartA
  1. spadeJ 2
  2. heartQ 4
  3. diamondQ 8 5 4 3
  4. clubQ 10 9 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1club* 4heart Dble~ Pass
5diamond End

* strong
~ penalties

West ruffed and led a small diamond to the nine, which was ducked. Entering hand with spadeA, declarer cashed diamondA to confirm his suspicions about the trumps, crossed to spadeK and ruffed a heart. South ruffed the next spade and exited with a club, won with dummy's ace. By now North's exact shape was known, so a club finesse was followed by two more rounds to put South on lead at trick twelve. diamondKJ ensured declarer's final two tricks.

In the other room the contract was 3heart doubled losing 300.
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