Found to His Horror

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 6
  2. heartQ 9 6 4 2
  3. diamondA 10 8 3
  4. clubK J
  1. spade10 8 7
  2. heartK 8 5
  3. diamond7 5 4
  4. clubQ 7 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 5 5 1 3
S 1 4 5 1 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 5 4 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ 6 2
  4. club9 8 6 4

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club3
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartA J 10 7 3
  3. diamondK J 9
  4. clubA 10 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 2diamond Pass 2NT~
Pass 3heart Pass 4club
Pass 4diamond Pass 4spade
Pass 6heart End

~ game forcing

. . . East found, to his horror, that he discarded spade5 on clubA! Although East immediately realised his mistake and fished out a third club spade5 was already confirmed as a penalty card. South immediately plonked spadeK on the table and poor East had to follow with the five! All that was needed now was to sniff out diamondQ and register 980.

It's hard not to feel a little sympathy for East . especially when the final deficit in the match was a mere 7 IMP.
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