Expensive Board

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 6 5
  2. heartA K 8 7 6
  3. diamond2
  4. clubA K J 3
  1. spadeJ 9 7 4 3
  2. heart10
  3. diamondQ 9 7 5
  4. clubQ 7 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 1 5 5 4
S 4 1 5 5 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ 9 5 4
  3. diamondK 10 8 4 3
  4. club9 6 5 2

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: North
Lead: diamond4
  1. spadeK Q 10 8 2
  2. heartJ 3 2
  3. diamondA J 6
  4. club10 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Pass 2heart Pass 3heart
Pass 6heart Pass Pass
Pass
No doubt you think this is a strange question and you are saying "diamonds of course!". This is manifestly correct but East, normally a strong player, had a blind spot when he followed a different defence. He had found the vital diamond lead but inexplicably played low on North's low heart at trick three. Eventually he pitched a club on a top spade and North brought home the contract with the aid of the club finesse.

This proved to be an expensive board when 6spade, which might been considered a better contract, was reached at the other tables. The usual result was one or two off.
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