Into the Jaws

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6 5
  2. heartA 6
  3. diamond9 4 3 2
  4. club9 6 4 3 2
  1. spadeJ 9 3
  2. heartK 5
  3. diamondA K J 10 7 5
  4. clubA 10
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 6 5 5 6
W 1 6 5 5 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 8 7 2
  2. heartQ J 9 8 7 3
  3. diamond8
  4. clubK

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: East
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeQ 10 4
  2. heart10 4 2
  3. diamondQ 6
  4. clubQ J 8 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1diamond Pass 1spade Pass
3diamond Pass 3heart* Pass
3NT Pass 4heart Pass
5club Pass 6heart Pass
Pass Pass

*canapé
responses:- heart longer

At the table found the vital diamond switch into the jaws of dummy's strength. Without any further entries to dummy, declarer was forced to cash dummy's winners and hope for the best, but when South ruffed the third round North's defence had its just reward. The best, and impregnable, contract was 6NT - not easy to bid.

I did wonder what North would have thought if declarer had started with a void diamond and two clubs?
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