High Level Decisions to Make

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K Q 9 8 6 5 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamond10 9 4
  4. clubQ 6
  1. spade10 7
  2. heart9 5
  3. diamondJ 8 7 6 5
  4. clubA J 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 - 5 6
S - 4 - 5 6
E 1 - 3 - -
W 1 - 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ
  2. heartK Q J 8 7 6 4 3
  3. diamond—
  4. club10 9 7 2
  1. spade4 2
  2. heartA 10 2
  3. diamondA K Q 3 2
  4. clubK 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4diamond* 5heart 6spade
7heart 7spade Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* solid spade suit

At the table West did sacrifice in 7heart and North went on with an undisciplined 7spade, doubled by East. West made the classic lead of a trump against a grand slam, but the result was not a classic for him and his partner. South won in dummy, drew the remaining trump, cashed diamondAK and heartA before ruffing a heart and running the rest of the trumps. With clubQ in the dummy, West was eventually squeezed in the minors for plus 1770 to North-South.

The par contract might appear to be 6heart doubled by East ..
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