Simple Hand

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 5 4 2
  2. heartQ
  3. diamondK 5 2
  4. clubA Q J 10 3
  1. spadeK J 9 7
  2. heartK 10 9 6
  3. diamond10 8
  4. club9 8 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 4 - - -
S 5 4 - - -
E - - 3 2 -
W - - 3 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 6 3
  2. heartJ 8 7 4 3
  3. diamondA 6 4
  4. club2

Contract: 5club
Declarer: North
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartA 5 2
  3. diamondQ J 9 7 3
  4. clubK 7 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1diamond
Pass 1spade Pass 2heart
Pass 3diamond Pass 5club
Pass Pass Pass
These hands always look simple don't they? Good declarers make them look simple.

HR realised that it would be easier to establish the diamonds and ruff hearts in hand rather than ruff three spade losers in dummy. Accordingly, he won the lead with heartA and immediately ruffed a heart. After it required three rounds to draw trumps declarer played diamond2 towards the queen, and when that held, another back to the king. This is the standard safety play to guard against a 4-1 break with East holding singleton ace or diamondA10xx. If the diamonds had been 4-1, there was still a heart ruff to hand to enable a finesse against diamond10.

5club made for +400 to N-S.
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