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Bridge deal and deception in high stakes rubber play
In a London rubber bridge game West opens weakly and North faces a moral fork. South jumps to four hearts, North bids six, South wins with a spade finesse, overruff, and a careful sequence grants victory as East confesses a muscle spasm influenced the ruff. The column notes honesty at the table and the dangers of misdirection.
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