Well Earned Joint Top

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 10 6 4
  2. heart2
  3. diamond9 7 6 5 3
  4. club10 4 3
  1. spade9 5 2
  2. heartK 5 4
  3. diamondA
  4. clubA K J 7 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 6 - 4 4 6
W 6 - 4 4 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 7 3
  2. heartA J 10 6
  3. diamondK 10 4
  4. clubQ 8

Contract: 6club
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeJ
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartQ 9 8 7 3
  3. diamondQ J 8 2
  4. club9 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond* Pass
2club Pass 2NT Pass
3club Pass 3heart~ Pass
4diamond Pass 4spade Pass
6club End

* playing Strong No Trump
~ good hand with heart values

After cashing diamondK to pitch a spade, declarer ruffed a diamond high, drew the last trump and exited with a spade. South was able to win with the queen and exit with a diamond, but by now West was obtaining a good idea of the opposing distributions. It seemed probable that North had four spades, three clubs and at least four diamonds, leaving room for two hearts at most. The odds were therefore at least two to one against North holding heartQ, so after cashing the last trump declarer crossed to heartA and ran heartJ to land his slam and a well earned joint top.
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