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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK Q 9 8 7 6
  2. heart10
  3. diamond6 3
  4. clubK J 9 2
  1. spade10 4 3
  2. heartQ 9 6
  3. diamondA J 9 5 4
  4. clubQ 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 1 3 5 2
S 2 1 3 5 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 2
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamond10 7 2
  4. club10 8 6 5 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade3
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartA K J 8 5 4 3
  3. diamondK Q 8
  4. clubA
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart
Pass 2spade* Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass

* Weak

If you won the spadeA and tried to give partner a ruff, you would be disappointed. Declarer overtakes spadeJ with the queen and leads spadeK. You ruff, but declarer over-ruffs and plays top diamonds giving West an insoluble problem. Winning diamondA, he can only prevent a diamond ruff at the expense of his trump trick.

So what is East to do? Easy when you think of it - just duck at trick one! Declarer's sure entry to dummy has been used before he can unblock the clubs, and when East eventually comes in with spadeA, he can play a trump to remove the threat of a diamond ruff.
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