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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 8 5
  2. heartJ 7
  3. diamondQ J 3
  4. club9 8 7 6
  1. spadeQ 7 6 4 3 2
  2. heart6
  3. diamond7 6 2
  4. clubA Q 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 2 1 3 1
W - 2 1 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartA 8 4 3 2
  3. diamondA K 9 5
  4. clubJ 4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: heartJ
  1. spadeJ
  2. heartK Q 10 9 5
  3. diamond10 8 4
  4. clubK 10 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart Pass
1spade Pass 1NT* Pass
2club~ Pass 2diamond# Pass
3spade Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass

* 15-18
~ Crowhurst
# 15-16, denies 3 spades

Mike Mahoney produced a game swing with a virtuoso performance. He won heartA and, after a successful club finesse, ruffed a club with spade9. Rather than play trumps, declarer played three rounds of diamonds to put North on lead again. The heart continuation was ruffed in hand and a small trump played. North rose with the ace and exited with club9, West ruffing again. Down to three cards, declarer brilliantly divined the exact layout by exiting with spade6 to end-play North in trumps. This had been the five card ending ....
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