king   A hand from a duplicate session

A friend from Manchester showed me this interesting hand:

E/W vulnerable; Dealer South

	S Kxxx
	H 10xxx
	D Jx
	C J9x
S xxxx		S AJ
H -		H KQJxxx
D KQxxx		D A10xxx
C xxxx		C -
	S Qxx
	H Axx
	D x
	C AKQ10xx

W N E S 1C P 1H P 3C P P P

3C made 9 tricks for +110. So what is remarkable about this deal? Well nothing apart from the fact that a grand slam, in diamonds, is laydown for E/W! Admitted you need to play on a ruffing finesse. OK the grand is a push and poor odds. What about the small slam then?


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