It You Bid Them Up

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 10 5 2
  2. heartQ 9 6 2
  3. diamondQ 10 5
  4. clubQ 6
  1. spade3
  2. heartA J 10 5 3
  3. diamondA J 7 4
  4. club10 8 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 1 5 2 2
W 3 1 5 2 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 9 8 7
  2. heartK 8 7
  3. diamond3
  4. clubA K 5 2

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: West
Lead: club6
  1. spadeQ 6 4
  2. heart4
  3. diamondK 9 8 6 2
  4. clubJ 9 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
2diamond Pass 2NT* Pass
3club Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass 4spade Pass
5diamond Pass 6heart Pass
Pass Pass

* forcing

At trick four West cashed diamondA and ruffed a diamond. A spade ruff, diamond ruff, cashed dummy's clubK, spade ruff (South ditching a diamond) was followed by a diamond on which North put heart6. Declarer over-ruffed with dummy's last trump - the king - and led a club from the dummy. Although South's jack was winning the trick North was forced to ruff and lead a heart into the jaws of heartAJ. You know what they say - "If you bid them up you have to play them up too!"

Incidentally, if North had chosen a trump rather than a somewhat pointless club then declarer would have had no chance.
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