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Put yourself in the South seat, in the skin of Stéphane Garcia, an excellent French player who is used to playing in the finals with his partner Pierre Schmidt. Now you have to prove your optimism right and make this slam.
Contract: 6 Spades by South.
West leads the ♥3.
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U21 World Champion in Beijing in 2008 and Junior Champion of Europe in Brasov in 2009, he has been teaching bridge in a big Parisian club for about 10 years. He has also been working as a bridge journalist for several years. You can watch bridge lessons on his YouTube channel.
