Perfect Gadget

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA K J 10
  3. diamondK 9 2
  4. clubA K 9 3 2
  1. spadeQ 9
  2. heartQ 3
  3. diamondQ 8 7 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 6 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 4 5 3
S 2 3 4 5 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 7 5
  2. heart8 7 5 4
  3. diamondA 10 5
  4. clubJ 7

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeK 10 6 4 3 2
  2. heart9 6 2
  3. diamondJ 6 4
  4. club4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 2spade
Pass 4spade Pass Pass
Pass
This lead must have been from a short suit, so it seemed right to draw some trumps. The two black aces were cashed and a club was ruffed low. The spadeK was next and when West followed with the queen declarer felt reassured about switching back to hearts. After discarding a diamond on heart10, South followed with clubK. Unwilling to sacrifice a potential second trump trick, East refused to ruff and although this was her only mistake it was to prove fatal.

Declarer pitched another diamond and ruffed a low club in hand. By this time East was down to the bare diamondA and she was duly end-played with it. She had to lose her "sure" trump trick anyway, and 4spade + 1 was a complete top for the Israeli girls sitting North-South.
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