Coup of Expectation

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA 10 6 4
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamondA J 4
  4. clubQ 10 6 5
  1. spadeQ 8 7 2
  2. heartK 7 5 4
  3. diamond10 9 7 6 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 2 1 3 4
S 3 2 1 3 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 3
  2. heart10 9 3 2
  3. diamondK Q
  4. clubK 9 8 4 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeK 9 5
  2. heartA J 8
  3. diamond8 5 3
  4. clubA J 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1diamond
Pass 1spade Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT End
. . . or so South thought. South rose with spadeA in dummy only to see East show out! Her female opponent in the West seat had executed the legendary Grosvenor Coup, whereby a 100% play had been rejected to produce a psychological advantage over an opponent. Here West could have been sure of a spade trick by covering spade9 with the queen and when South saw East's club3 she went to pieces. With success via an end-play on East still possible declarer completely misjudged the situation to finish one light.
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