The Real Business Was In the Other Room

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade5
  2. heartQ 9 8 7 2
  3. diamondA J 9 3
  4. club8 6 3
  1. spadeK Q J 7
  2. heartK 10 5
  3. diamondQ 10
  4. clubA Q J 10
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 3 2 5 5
W 6 4 3 5 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 10 9
  2. heartA 4 3
  3. diamondK 7 5 2
  4. clubK 5 4

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: heart7
  1. spade8 6 4 3 2
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamond8 6 4
  4. club9 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 1heart 3spade* Pass
3NT Pass Pass Pass

* puppet to 3NT

West won heartK and led diamond10. North could not fly in with the ace without conceding a twelfth trick and inserted the jack instead. Now West rattled of all his black suit winners to catch North in a strip-squeeze. Forced to bare diamondA to protect the heart position, a diamond put North on lead to concede to more heart tricks in the split tenace.
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