Board 7: Partner and I come to 4 hearts, opponents silent.
I rose with the Ace of clubs. I used a spade to get to my hand, then led low towards the board. LHO rose with the king, and RHO played the jack. I think I got a diamond return, Q, K and A. Now, a low heart to the 8 held my losers to 1 club, 1 diamond and 1 heart for +620, and tie for top board in the section.
Board 8: I opened 1 spade, and partner answered 4 spades.
A small heart was led. I had visions of trying to squeeze an overtrick out of clubs, but RHO won the Ace, then played the AK of diamonds. Then RHO exited with a small diamond.
My brain went a bit fuzzy, but I recognized that the only danger was if LHO had no more diamonds, and the jack of spades. I put up the King, and sure enough LHO discarded a red card. When both followed to the ace of spades, the only thing left was to see who had the jack. When RHO discarded on the queen of spades, I shook my head a bit, and one of the masters chuckled.
+420 was predicted to be an average by the hand record (N/S have a good save in 5H), and so it was for us.
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