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North’s four-diamond bid would not beryllium everyone’s choice, but it led to a bully slam contract. South was Patryk Patreuha, from Poland.

South won the opening spade pb with dummy’s ace and led the king of clubs. West won with the ace and led different spade to dummy’s king. South cashed the queen of diamonds, feeling beauteous bully astir things, and was sick erstwhile West showed out. South did not springiness up. He cashed the queen of clubs, discarding a bosom from his hand, and ruffed a club. He cashed his queen of spades, shedding a debased bosom from dummy, past cashed the ace of hearts and ruffed a heart. This was the position, with the pb successful dummy:

South led a nine from dummy and over-ruffed East’s 9 of diamonds with the ace. He ruffed his bosom with dummy’s jack of trumps and led different club. He picked up East’s past 2 trumps with a trump coup. Beautifully done!

Published - February 05, 2026 02:28 p.m. IST

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