Not A Close Result

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade5 3
  2. heartK J 10 7 6
  3. diamondK Q 9
  4. clubK Q 3
  1. spadeQ J 8 6 2
  2. heartQ 9 5
  3. diamondJ 10 8 5
  4. club6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 4 1 - 1
S 5 4 1 - 1
E - - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 10 9 7 4
  2. heartA 8 4 3
  3. diamond4
  4. club8 5 4

Contract: 5club
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeK
  2. heart2
  3. diamondA 7 6 3 2
  4. clubA J 10 9 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart Pass 2club
Pass 3club Pass 3diamond
Pass 3heart Pass 5club
Pass Pass Pass

* 5-9, 5spade with 4+ minor

Here North-South reached game without any opposition bidding! West led spadeQ so East won to switch to his singleton diamond! Perhaps he thought that his partner also had a few aces to go with his own two! Anyway declarer won in dummy and drew trumps, fearful of the diamond ruff potential. A heart was led and declarer went wrong by putting up the king - how naive to think that East wouldn't be looking for a ruff with two aces! But it didn't matter.
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