Rowlands Brings Home the Bacon

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 5 3
  2. heartA 2
  3. diamondQ 5 3
  4. clubA 10 7 4 2
  1. spadeA J 8
  2. heart9 5 3
  3. diamondJ 10 9 6 4 2
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 5 1 3 4
W - 5 1 3 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 6 4
  2. heartK 7 6
  3. diamondA K 7
  4. clubK J 6

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeK 7 2
  2. heartQ J 10 8 4
  3. diamond8
  4. clubQ 8 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
2diamond* Pass 2NT~ Pass
3spade# Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass

* weak
~ enquiry
# spade feature

At the table East ducked and South won to switch to clubs. North won the ace to return a club and so East rose with the king with nine tricks in sight assuming diamondQ dropped. When that vital card didn't oblige declarer had to continue with diamonds anyway and North won for the defence cash three more clubs. Three off.

In the other room Rowlands showed how the hand should be played .
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