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South had the spade nine and two low hearts.
East then made a highly debatable takeout double with only two low hearts.
In the first deal, Carthew (no first name is given) picked up eight solid spades, two low hearts, ace-doubleton of diamonds and a singleton club.
That opponent would have had to return a spade or a diamond, and South's three low hearts would have disappeared on the spade king-jack and diamond jack.
This would have been correct if declarer had the diamond king, club king and two or three low hearts, but it was a disaster here.
He cashed his club queen, overtook the carefully conserved club four with dummy's five and discarded his low hearts on dummy's three diamond winners.
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South leads a low heart.
Declarer led a low heart.
West led a low heart.
East led a low heart.
Each West led a low heart.
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