Principle of Ex Chums

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 8 6 5 3
  2. heartQ J 9
  3. diamond10 5 3 2
  4. club10
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA K 7 5 3
  3. diamondA 6 4
  4. clubK Q 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 6 7 5 6 7
W 6 7 5 6 7
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 7 4
  2. heart10
  3. diamondK Q 9 8
  4. clubA 5 4

Contract: 7diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: club6
  1. spade9 2
  2. heart8 6 4 2
  3. diamondJ 7
  4. clubJ 9 8 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
2club Pass 2diamond Pass
3diamond Pass 3NT Pass
4NT Pass 5diamond Pass
5NT Pass 7diamond Pass
Pass Pass
My chum (ex-chum by now) knows all about the Principle of Restricted Choice, but whether he decided to play for a swing I know not, for he rose with diamondQ and went one off. When the oppo reached an easy 6NT in the other room that was 14 IMPs away instead of 10 IMPs in. The match was lost by 30 IMPs.

Sorry Jim.
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