A Miracle Happened

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ J
  2. heartA 7 4 3
  3. diamondK 10
  4. clubA 9 7 6 4
  1. spade6 3 2
  2. heartQ 10 2
  3. diamond9 7 4
  4. clubQ 10 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 5 5 5 5
S 5 5 5 5 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 7 5 4
  2. heartJ 8 6
  3. diamondQ J 5 2
  4. clubJ 5

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: club3
  1. spadeA 10 9 8
  2. heartK 9 5
  3. diamondA 8 6 3
  4. clubK 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 2spade
Pass 3spade Pass 3NT
Pass 4NT Pass 5heart
Pass 5NT Pass 6heart
Pass 6spade End
f-o-f needed a miracle and duly got it, but he had to be careful nonetheless. He won the opening lead in hand and immediately played three rounds of diamonds, ruffing the third in dummy. After returning hand with heartK he ruffed a fourth diamond, cashed clubA and ruffed a club. After returning to dummy with heartA he ruffed another club and cut loose with his losing heart. With spadeK on his right spadeA10 took the last two tricks.

Note that declarer had to be careful to ruff those losing diamonds early - otherwise East can throw one on a club and over-ruff dummy.
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