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: 6heart
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 4diamond* 4spade 5diamond
5heart Pass 6heart Pass
Pass Pass

* weak

The defence was perfect. North led diamondJ and again South overtook, but this time South was able to switch to a spade and the ruff defeated the slam.

I must apologise for the about the sneaky deception on page one, but sometimes it really is better to play in the shorter trump fit .. it's just that this wasn't one of them. Look out for a genuine example in the near future.
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