Could have beaten Sliynk
But I did not beat him, due to greed. Sliynk is the IntoBridge alias of Peter Hollands, a Youtuber who creates nice content about Bridge. I met him on IntoBridge only once. On this server, you still have a chance to meet a player twice.
The hand above was bid by all players in "other results". The bidding of 3♠ is an artificial slam try which I still do not understand completely. I am playing 2/1 with Lia. The system is explained in very little detail here. I don't have more information.
Although you have 34 points in the combined hands, you cannot make 6NT because the ♦ suit does not break. Once you notice that fact, you should give up. For that to work, you need a plan to deal with it beforehand.
You have only 10 sure tricks. The ♣ could provide another one. But the ♦ look like the best bet to get two more. So cash the ♣ lead in the hand, test ♦A, cross to the table and try to finesse ♦. This does not work. Now, you can no longer make your contract if opponents play correctly.
Instead, I should have conceded West the two diamond tricks and go down once. I went down two, just like Sliynk.
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