Different Tables Different Mis-defences

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 3
  2. heartA 8 7 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 10 8 5 4
  1. spade5
  2. heartK Q 10 6
  3. diamondK Q 7 6 3
  4. clubQ 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 2 1 6 3
S 5 2 1 6 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 8 6 2
  2. heartJ 9 5 4
  3. diamond10 4 2
  4. club9 3

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeJ 10 9 7 4
  2. heart3
  3. diamondA J 9 8 5
  4. clubJ 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Dble Pass 2spade
Pass 4club Pass 4diamond
Pass 4heart Pass 4spade
Pass 6spade End
At the table declarer put up spadeA at trick two and continued with the queen. Consider now what happens if East ducks! Stuck in dummy, South has to shorten her trumps by ruffing a heart, destroying dummy's only entry outside clubs. East ruffs the third club winner with spadeK and dummy is dead.

As it happened East was not up to this defence and did not duck spadeQ, so South's slam came home. In the other room 6club was reached. North won the diamond lead in dummy with diamondA and played a spade to the queen and king. East returned ... another diamond. Groan!
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