The Final Deal

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K 10 6 5
  2. heartA Q 3 2
  3. diamondQ 5 2
  4. clubA
  1. spadeJ 2
  2. heartJ 10 9 8 7 5 4
  3. diamondJ 3
  4. club10 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 6 2 7 6
S 3 6 2 7 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8
  2. heartK 6
  3. diamond10 9 8 7
  4. clubQ J 8 7 6 3
  1. spadeQ 9 7 4 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K 6 4
  4. clubK 9 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Pass 2NT* Pass 3diamond
Pass 3heart Pass 3NT
Pass 4NT# Pass 5diamond~
Pass 5NT! Pass 7spade
Pass 7NT End

* game force with spades
# RKCB
~1 of 5
! asking for specific aces

At the table North was a good player who knew about the theory of progressive squeezes, and when East pitched a heart on the fifth spade all seemed fair for thirteen tricks when North cashed heartA to drop East's king. Unfortunately declarer had a complete blind spot and tried to cash heart3 after seeing a torrent of heart discards from West. This was not a success.

The frequency charts show that one declarer did indeed make 7NT to score a complete top. I wonder what the story behind that was .... maybe one day we'll find out.
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