Sneaky Deception

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heart9 8
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 6 5 4
  4. clubJ 8 5 3
  1. spadeA K 10 7 6 3
  2. heartA 10 7 5 3
  3. diamond3
  4. club4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 2 - - -
S 2 2 - - -
E - - 4 6 -
W - - 5 6 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 4 2
  2. heartK Q J 6
  3. diamond9 2
  4. clubA K 10

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spadeQ 8 5
  2. heart4 2
  3. diamondA K 7
  4. clubQ 9 7 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade 3diamond* 4diamond 5diamond
5heart Pass 6club Pass
6heart Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* weak

At the table this East realised that his partner would almost certainly have a minimum of five cards in each major and therefore there would be no advantage in choosing hearts as trumps. He got it right when he moved the final contract to 6spade. North led diamondQ and South overtook. After ruffing diamondA West cashed spadeA, crossed to clubA and took the marked spade finesse to chalk up +980.

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