Straw Sticks And Bricks

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade4 3 2
  2. heartA J 7 6
  3. diamondA Q J 9 2
  4. club4
  1. spadeJ 10 8 7 6
  2. heart3
  3. diamondK 7
  4. clubQ 9 8 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 4 4 1 2
S 1 4 4 1 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 5
  2. heartQ 10 8 5
  3. diamond10 5 3
  4. club10 7 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeQ 9
  2. heartK 9 4 2
  3. diamond8 6 4
  4. clubA K J 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 1diamond Pass 1NT
Pass 2heart* Pass 3heart
Pass 4heart End

* forcing 1 round

. . . well, not actually bricks - more camouflaged wattle and daub. This particular East switched to diamond3 at trick three, looking for all the world like a girl with a singleton. Do you blame North for cashing heartAK?
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