Zia Will Iron Your Masterpoints

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 4
  2. heartK Q 10 6 3
  3. diamond8 5 3
  4. clubJ 10
  1. spadeJ 7 6 5 2
  2. heart8 5
  3. diamondA K
  4. clubQ 9 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 3 - 2
S - 2 3 - 2
E 2 - - 2 -
W 2 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 8 3
  2. heart2
  3. diamondQ 10 9 2
  4. clubK 8 6 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondK
  1. spadeK
  2. heartA J 9 7 4
  3. diamondJ 7 6 4
  4. clubA 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 3heart Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
The winning play at trick three is the clubQ. On any other club lead declarer wins East's forced king and draws trumps, cashes spadeA discarding a club from hand and ruffs a spade. Declarer now cuts adrift with his last small club. If West still has the clubQ in his hand he is endplayed and has to concede a ruff and discard. Likewise the diamondA if he has not cashed that at trick two.
A club switch at trick three is necessary because otherwise declarer can eventually play a diamond from dummy towards hand. The established diamondJ takes care of dummy's club loser.
The secret to the correct decision is East's diamond2 at trick two. This should be construed as suit preference, and once you have decided to lead a club, the queen cannot cost.Very well done if you got this one right.
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