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Squeezed slam hinges on early diamond defense in Vanderbilt event
In a Vanderbilt Knockout dealt by Steven Becker, Dorothy Hayden and B Jay Becker faced a faulty diamond continuation by West. Hayden won the king trick, used clubs and spades to draw trumps, and after a sequence forced East to discard. She then led hearts to a grand slam, illustrating how a small defensive misstep can derail defense and yield a slam.
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