Think Carefully This Could Be Costly

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeK 9 5 4
  2. heartJ 5
  3. diamondK 8 4 3 2
  4. clubA 2
  1. spadeQ J 8 3
  2. heartK 4 3
  3. diamond10 7
  4. clubQ 8 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 1 - 3 2
S 4 1 - 3 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 2
  2. heart10 8 7 6 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 6 5
  4. club5

Contract: 3NTxx
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond10
  1. spadeA 10 6
  2. heartA Q 9
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubK J 10 9 7 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1club
Pass 1diamond Pass 2club
Pass 2spade Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Dble Rdble
Pass Pass Pass
If you answered No to 1, you've just let it through. The answer to 3 is immaterial as you've let it through already, as Anthony modestly admits he did at the table - Anthony played another diamond. East covered the dummy's diamond8 with the nine, cashed diamondA and exited with a spade (West had pitched spade8). Declarer, Unal Durmus, won spadeA in hand, ran clubJ, played a club to the Ace and when East partner showed out claimed the rest on a squeeze if West had two more spades. Minus 1000!

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