Both Sides Could Have Done Better

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 8 7 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ J 10 4
  4. clubQ J 2
  1. spade5 2
  2. heartQ J 6 5 2
  3. diamond7 5 2
  4. club9 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 4 2 2 2
S 4 4 1 2 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 6 4
  2. heart8 7 4
  3. diamond9 6
  4. clubA K 4

Contract: 3NTx
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spade9
  2. heartK 10 9 3
  3. diamondA K 8 3
  4. club10 8 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade* Pass 2club
Pass 2spade Pass 3diamond
Pass 3heart Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* five card major

At the table South ducked at trick one, East won with spade10 and switched to heart7. A low club was led from dummy and East flashed in with clubK to lead heart8. With East looking like a man with three hearts South was forced to play the ten, so West won to lead a second spade. Eventually the defence scraped together five tricks and scored a hairy 100.

It might have been different .
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