Overbidders Should Play the Cards Well

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 8 6 5
  2. heartQ J 4 3
  3. diamondK 6 2
  4. clubQ 2
  1. spadeQ J 7 3
  2. heartK 8
  3. diamond8 7 3
  4. clubK 8 6 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 3 - -
S - - 3 - -
E 2 1 - 1 -
W 2 1 - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 4 2
  2. heart5
  3. diamondQ 9 5 4
  4. clubA J 10 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond7
  1. spadeA 9
  2. heartA 10 9 7 6 2
  3. diamondA J 10
  4. club9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 2heart 2NT Dble
3club 3heart Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
. . . she won the first trick with diamondK, crossed to spadeA and lead a low heart!!!! Can you imagine West's agony in making her decision on whether to go up with the king? That spade play was particularly deceptive for surely declarer must have spadeK to play like that, thus making it more likely that East had the singleton heartA. Eventually she played low so South won heartQ drew the last trump. A few tricks later the diamond finesse gave declarer a sensational ten tricks and a shared top.
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