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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 10 9 7 6 4
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamond10 6 5
  4. clubQ 9
  1. spadeQ 5 2
  2. heartA Q 10 4
  3. diamond9 7 3
  4. club8 7 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - - 3 1
S 4 - - 3 1
E - 3 2 - -
W - 3 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 3
  2. heartJ 9 8 7 5
  3. diamondA Q J 4 2
  4. clubJ

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond3
  1. spadeA K
  2. heartK 2
  3. diamondK 8
  4. clubA K 10 6 5 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 2heart* Dble
Pass 2spade Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* weak, 5 hearts, 4+ minor

Hoping that South could not rattle off nine tricks, East put in the jack. On many hands that would have been OK, but not this time. South gratefully cashed his ten tricks.

Who was to blame? West had found the only lead to beat the contract and yet, by not raising hearts pre-emptively, had given East a virtually impossible task. At other tables .
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