Roman Triumph

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 10 4 3
  2. heartA J 3
  3. diamondQ 8 5
  4. clubK 10 4
  1. spadeJ
  2. heartK 8 7
  3. diamondK 9 3 2
  4. clubA Q 9 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 4 4 3
S - 3 4 4 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 6 5 2
  2. heart10 6 5
  3. diamondJ 4
  4. clubJ 8 5 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeA 9 8 7
  2. heartQ 9 4 2
  3. diamondA 10 7 6
  4. club3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart*
Pass 2NT~ Pass 3spade#
Pass 4spade Pass Pass
Pass

* 11-15, 4-4-4-1 inc hearts
~ tell me more
# singleton club

Smolski went to work: he took another spade finesse before leading a low diamond to dummy's queen. Although it might have been right on some occasions to unblock with diamondJ, this was not one of them, and it proved to be terminally fatal when East did just that. Another spade finesse was followed by a heart to the jack, and dummy's last club was ruffed with spadeA.

During this process West had been strip-squeezed to come down to heartK8diamondK9, so Smolski now played ace and another heart to end-play West, who had to lead into diamondA10. East could only make spadeK. N-S + 620

This gained 11 IMPs when 2club went two off at the other table.
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