Please Can I Be Excused

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q J 9 5 2
  2. heart2
  3. diamondA J 9 6 2
  4. club2
  1. spade10 8 6 3
  2. heart9 6
  3. diamond10 8 5
  4. clubA 10 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 1 6 4
S 1 4 1 6 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartK J 5 4 3
  3. diamondQ 7 4 3
  4. clubK 8 5 4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: North
Lead: diamond4
  1. spadeK 7 4
  2. heartA Q 10 8 7
  3. diamondK
  4. clubQ J 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade Pass 2heart*
Pass 2spade Pass 3spade~
Pass 4club# Pass 4diamond
Pass 4NT Pass 5heart!
Pass 6spade End

* GF
~ stronger than 4spade
# slam try
! 2 of 5

North cashed diamondA and ruffed a diamond with spade7, hoping to see diamondQ drop. When that didn't happen he ruffed a club, took a necessary heart finesse and cashed heartA discarding a diamond. A heart ruff, diamond ruff with spadeK left a three card ending with the lead in dummy. Declarer's spadeAJ9 took the last three tricks.
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