Knife-edge Decision With A Silver Lining

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8
  2. heartA 9 6 5 2
  3. diamondA K 10 8 6
  4. club6 4
  1. spadeA Q 10 7 4 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamond9 4 2
  4. club10 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 6 - - 1
S 6 6 - - 1
E - - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 9 6
  2. heartK Q J 10 7 3
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubK

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: heart8
  1. spade5 3
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 7 3
  4. clubA Q J 9 8 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 4club
Pass 5club Pass Pass
Dble End
If the bidding problem was not a potential candidate for a magazine competition then the lead problem would even less so. You have to lead spadeA to restrict the overtricks to one!

Ever heard of the expression stripe-tailed-ape double? This is when you double the opponents, usually at the five level, to prevent them going on to bigger and better things. If they redouble you will turn and flee, stripe-tailed-ape style, back to the sanctuary of your own suit. As East ruefully remarked afterwards, with a rather apt comment, "West's final bid is a stripe-tailed-ape double in the pass-out position!
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