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A
deal from an online duplicate.
After
North rebid 2NT in the above auction showing a
balanced 18-19 South decided that North needed very
specific cards for a slam and settled for game.
Of
course North has the perfect hand with good controls
and no wasted values and a doubleton diamond so that
twelve tricks looks very likely on reasonably
friendly distributions.
However
this is matchpoints and there is a chance for
thirteen tricks; if the hearts break 4-3 you can set
up a long heart trick with careful play.
On
a diamond lead declarer won in dummy and played ace
of hearts and a heart ruff, then a diamond to the
king and another heart ruffed with the nine.
Next a diamond ruff in dummy, then a spade to the
ace and a second spade to the king. When
spades broke 2-2 the rest were easy, another heart
ruff set up the ten of hearts and the ace of clubs
in dummy provided an entry to cash the heart
throwing a club from the South hand.
About
half the declarers in four spades made thirteen
tricks, most of the rest only made twelve.
Nobody bid the slam.
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