Not the Optimum Line

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade9 8 7 6
  2. heartA 9 4 2
  3. diamond8 5 3
  4. clubA 6
  1. spade5 3 2
  2. heartK J 5
  3. diamondK
  4. clubK Q 10 9 7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 1 4 3
S 2 2 1 5 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 4
  2. heartQ 10 8 7 3
  3. diamondJ 9 7 6 2
  4. club4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA K Q 10
  2. heart6
  3. diamondA Q 10 4
  4. clubJ 8 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
2club 2spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
After some thought, declarer chose the queen. West won diamondK, a club was ruffed and over-ruffed and a further diamond was ruffed by West. 4spade-1 and East-West +100. It would surely have been right to win diamondA and cash at least one trump - when the diamondK and spadeJ drop all would be clear. East's unusual decision to ruff the second round of clubs worked well - the timing was perfect to enable West to obtain his diamond ruff.

"I think you may have set a new club record there Bill, losing 3 trump tricks with AKQ10 opposite 9876 will be hard to beat. Lucky they broke 3-2, I suppose"
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