A Night of Broken Records

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 5
  2. heart7 5
  3. diamond10 9 8 6 5
  4. club5 4 2
  1. spadeK 10 9 4 3
  2. heart10 9
  3. diamondA 7 4
  4. club8 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 5 5 - 4
S 5 5 5 - 4
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 7 6 2
  2. heartJ 8 4 3
  3. diamondQ 3 2
  4. clubJ

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: spade6
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K Q 6 2
  3. diamondK J
  4. clubA K Q 10 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club*
Pass 1heart~ 1spade 3club
3spade 3NT Pass Pass
Pass

* Strong
~ 4-7 points, any shape

At our table South's good judgement ended with +460 when East led a spade.
At table two North-South reached the good 6club and West led diamondA. Although this allowed South to restrict his diamond losers to just one, when West did not switch to a spade the unkind heart/club splits meant that South had to lose a heart trick or heart ruff. North-South -50.
At table three 6club was again reached, but a spade was led and South's diamondKJ disappeared. North-South +920.
At table four .. mmm, apart from saying that North-South lost 300, we'd best not dwell on table four. Suffice it to say that it was a night of broken records.
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