Bidding Disasters And Triumphs

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamondQ J 6
  4. clubA K Q 8 7 4 2
  1. spadeK 10 9 8 6 4 2
  2. heart7
  3. diamond4 3
  4. club6 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 6 6 - -
S 6 6 6 - -
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 5
  2. heartJ 6 5 3
  3. diamond10 9 7
  4. clubJ 10 9

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South

  1. spade7 3
  2. heartA K 10 9 8 4
  3. diamondA K 8 5 2
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart
3spade 4club 4spade 5diamond
Pass 6heart End
Incidentally, how would you have played 6heart on the defence of two rounds of spades? On this layout the winning line is to ruff a club immediately, cross to heartQ and ruff another club. When West shows out on heartA you cross to diamondQ and run club winners through East. This line certainly presents iteself - after all, West's pre-empt makes it likely that the hearts will not break 3-2. You can also get home by returning to hand with diamondA instead of ruffing a second club, but eventually this relies on East having three diamonds.
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