The Bob Hamman Rule

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 6 3 2
  2. heart9 3 2
  3. diamond9 7 4
  4. clubA J 10
  1. spadeA Q 9 8 7
  2. heart6
  3. diamond10 8 6 5
  4. clubQ 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 3 6 - 3 3
W 3 6 - 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade10
  2. heartA 7 5 4
  3. diamondA Q J 3 2
  4. clubK 9 6

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeK 5 4
  2. heartK Q J 10 8
  3. diamondK
  4. club8 7 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1heart
1spade Pass 2diamond 2heart
3heart Dble 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
It seemed to declarer that on the bidding North could not possibly hold diamondK and East duly lashed down diamondA. When the king dropped the finishing post was in sight and declarer cashed the diamonds. By this stage both defenders were in trouble and eventually a double squeeze gave declarer an unlikely overtrick.

In the other room the much better contract of 5diamond was reached, but declarer had an off day and went one off.
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