It Was Not All Bad News After All

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 8 6 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamondK J 8 5
  4. clubJ 5 3 2
  1. spadeK 10 9 7 4
  2. heartK 9
  3. diamondQ 7 4
  4. club10 8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 1 4 6 5
W 5 1 4 6 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 5 3
  2. heartA J 8 5 2
  3. diamondA
  4. clubA K Q 9

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: West
Lead: spade6
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartQ 10 7 6 4
  3. diamond10 9 6 3 2
  4. club6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club Pass
2spade Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass 4spade Pass
4NT Pass 5club* Pass
6NT End

* 4 aces

Why had North led a low spade from four when holding a singleton heart? The answer was that she had a 4-1-4-4 distribution and therefore the finesse was obligatory. Alas West, having done all the hard work, played for the drop and went one down.

It was not all bad news. East played in 6heart in the other room, and that was four down!
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