One of Those Little Traps

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade8 6 5 3
  2. heartJ 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA 10 9 5 3 2
  1. spadeA Q 9
  2. heartK Q 5 2
  3. diamond10 8 7 3
  4. club8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 1 - 5 4 3
W 1 - 5 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 7 4 2
  2. heartA 8 7 6 3
  3. diamond4
  4. clubK Q J

Contract: 5diamondx
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeK J
  2. heart10 9
  3. diamondA Q J 9 6 5 2
  4. club6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 4heart 5diamond
Dble Pass Pass Pass
What's next is that you are going for minus 700 (old style scoring)!! Although I told you that there was trap, you didn't expect me to tell where, did you?

When West returns the spade, you should take care to protect yourself against a four-one trump break. If you ruff the spade and play a trump to dummy's king, there is no easy way back to hand and so West will obtain a trump promotion if he started with four trumps. To protect yourself against this you must discard a club on the third spade, to allow yourself easy access to hand with a club ruff.

At the table Mike Walsh spotted this safety play and secured a good score.
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