A Place In the Bermuda Bowl

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 9 8 5
  2. heart10 9 8 5 4
  3. diamondA 4
  4. club4
  1. spade10 7 6 2
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondK Q 9 8 3
  4. club6 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 7 7 6
S - - 6 7 6
E 3 3 - - -
W 3 3 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondJ 10 7 5 2
  4. clubK Q J 10 9 8

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: North
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeQ J 4 3
  2. heartA K Q 6 2
  3. diamond6
  4. clubA 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3club Dble*
Pass 4club Pass 5club
Pass 7spade End

* take-out

North found the brilliant shot of bidding 7spade for precisely the correct reason. He feared that East might be more likely to be void somewhere and chose to put the more potentially dangerous opponent on lead. How right he was.

The total gain for the team's excellent bridge was 17 IMP and a place in the Bermuda Bowl..
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