Seductive Extra Chance

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 8 5
  2. heartA Q 10 9 6
  3. diamond9 4
  4. club9 6 5
  1. spadeQ 10 7 6 4 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondJ 10 8 7 3 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - 3 - 3
S 1 - 4 - 3
E - 2 - - -
W - 2 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9
  2. heart5 4 2
  3. diamondK 6 5
  4. clubA K Q 10 7 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade4
  1. spadeK J 2
  2. heartK J 8 3
  3. diamondA Q
  4. clubJ 8 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond*
1spade~ Dble# 3club 3heart
Pass 4heart Pass Pass
Pass

* Precision, 14-16 balanced
~ spades and another
# Sputnik (hearts)

As you can see, a diamond lead would have made the contract easy. diamondA is cashed, the trumps are drawn and a club played from dummy. Although East can lead spades once dummy wins and plays another club. East now has to continue clubs establishing clubJ in the process, or concede a ruff and discard.

Declarer was Rozanne Pollack of the USA. After this friendly opening spade lead, she drew three rounds of trumps and led a club from dummy. East was Sabine Auken and she won the first club with the queen, cashed clubK and exited with diamond5. Declarer knew that West was almost certainly 6-6 in / (no clubs, 1 heart, no diamond bid), and had to make the critical decision now. This was the end position.
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