A Choice of Contract

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 5
  2. heartA 10 7 3
  3. diamond7 2
  4. club10 9 4 3
  1. spade10 9 7 2
  2. heart9 8 6 2
  3. diamondA 9 8 6 3
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - 1 4 2
S 2 - 1 4 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ
  2. heartQ J 5
  3. diamondQ 10 5
  4. clubA 8 7 6 5 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heart8
  1. spadeQ 8 6 4 3
  2. heartK 4
  3. diamondK J 4
  4. clubK Q J
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 2NT
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
N-S reaches 4spade and West leads heart8. Declarer wins and draws a couple of trumps, messes about with some clubs and eventually has to guess the position of the diamond ace for his ten tricks. Needless to say, your opponent will probably get it right. Your ox will go off - neatly matching your minus 100 in 3NT.
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