Difficult Decisions

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6 3
  2. heart9
  3. diamondA J 10 9 5
  4. clubA J 10 9 7
  1. spadeQ 4
  2. heartA Q 10 7 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK Q 6 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 6 - 4 2
S - 6 - 5 2
E - - 3 - -
W - - 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 5
  2. heartK 8 6 5 2
  3. diamond7 4 3 2
  4. club2

Contract: 5spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA K J 8 7 2
  2. heartJ 4
  3. diamondK Q 8 6
  4. club8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade
2spade* 3diamond 5heart 5spade
Pass Pass Pass

* Michaels, heart + minor

Thinking that West would be short in spades, declarer finessed spadeJ at trick two. On winning with the queen West underled her heartA to put East in with the king. The diamond return put declarer one down.

North's 3diamond was certainly a strange decision - how did she know what West's minor was? Nevertheless North's choice would have turned out wonderfully had South bid 6diamond. When North discovers the 4-0 trump split the spade finesse becomes much less attractive and 6diamond should always be made.
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