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Spectacular Spade Coup Upsets Venezuela in 1967 Match
In the World Team Championship match, North America’s East lead a queen of spades against a 3NT contract, while a second table featured Al Roth on lead choosing dummy’s spades. Roth's bold play yielded a four-spade trick turn, and his subsequent heart signal allowed three more spades. The Venezuela declarer went down two, costing 800 points for the Venezuelans and boosting North America’s score.
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