This
deal
was
from a duplicate at Bramhall and Cheadle.
South
decided that scientific investigation was not the
order of the day and blasted six notrump*.
On
a heart lead South won, played a club to table and
took the spade finesse. With twelve tricks in
the bag now declarer, tired and happy that the
contract was making, just claimed. This was
rather feeble, there are enough entries to cross in
clubs again and take the diamond finesse. A
slight improvement would be to assume that East has
the spade length which is likely given West's two
heart bid. So cash the second top heart and
the top spades and then run all the clubs. The
end position will be as below, with East to discard
on the final club.
If
East started with the diamond king she will be
forced to bare it, a show up squeeze, if West
started with the diamond king singleton then the ace
will drop the king, a small extra chance.
*South
could have used Roman Key Card Blackwood over three
clubs to find that partner had the top honours and
then bid five notrump to check for the diamond king.
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