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Crane’s Queen of Spades Play Ends Vanderbilt Contract
In a Vanderbilt Team Championship deal, Steven Becker South opened four diamonds. Barry Crane, famed for Mission Impossible, used a queen of spades at trick three to cripple defenders. East's diamond holding and trump position were leveraged, forcing two-trump defense and enabling Crane to finish by discarding clubs on hearts to secure the contract.
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