Unusual System Leads to Thin Game

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 7 6
  2. heartK J 10 3
  3. diamondA K 8 7 6
  4. clubJ
  1. spadeQ J 9 3
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamondJ 10 5 2
  4. clubK 10 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 4 1 - 3
S 4 4 1 - 3
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 5 2
  2. heartA 9 6 5 4
  3. diamond4
  4. club9 6 2

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: North
Lead: club6
  1. spadeA 4
  2. heart8 7
  3. diamondQ 9 3
  4. clubA Q 8 7 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond Pass 2diamond*
Pass 2heart Pass 3club
Pass 3diamond Pass 3spade
Pass 4diamond Pass 5diamond
Pass Pass Pass

* Game forcing, any shape

West's spade return was ruffed in the dummy, a club was ruffed with diamond7, a spade ruffed with diamond9 and another club led from the dummy. Whatever West did North had the answer:- to ruff low would allow North's diamond8 to win and take the last three tricks with a high cross-ruff. So West ruffed in high, but declarer over-ruffed, ruffed his last heart with diamondQ and made the last two tricks on a trump coup. This was the ending ..
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