Unlucky And Frustrating

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 9 5 3
  2. heart8
  3. diamondK 9 7 3 2
  4. club8 7 3
  1. spadeK Q 8 7 2
  2. heartK J
  3. diamondA J 10 4
  4. club9 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 3 5 6 6
W - 2 3 5 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 6 4
  2. heartA Q 9 6 3
  3. diamond6 5
  4. clubA Q

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: West
Lead: club7
  1. spade—
  2. heart10 7 5 4 2
  3. diamondQ 8
  4. clubK J 10 6 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1spade Pass 3heart Pass
4diamond* Dble 5club* Dble
5heart Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* cue-bid

Against 6spade partner won the club lead and played a trump to see South show out. The contract would still be safe if the hearts broke no worse than 4-2, but when West cashed the second high heart North was able to ruff and give his partner a club trick. Unlucky!

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