Two Surprises

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10
  2. heart9 7 4
  3. diamond8 3
  4. clubK J 9 8 6 4 2
  1. spade6 3 2
  2. heart10 5
  3. diamondJ 10 9 7 4 2
  4. clubQ 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 2 5 - 6
S 6 2 5 - 6
E - - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 8 7 5 4
  2. heartJ 8 6 3
  3. diamondA
  4. club7

Contract: 5spadex
Declarer: East
Lead: heartA
  1. spadeA 9
  2. heartA K Q 2
  3. diamondK Q 6 5
  4. clubA 10 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club*
Pass 2diamond Pass 2NT~
Pass 5club 5spade Dble
Pass Pass Pass

* 23+ or GF
~ 23-24

South led heartA and switched to ace and another spade. Another heart from declarer forced South's queen and East ruffed the second round of clubs. Declarer guessed to lead heartJ, pinning North's nine and restricting his loss to 300 - an excellent score.
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