One Impossible One Commonsense

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 9
  2. heartA K 6 3
  3. diamondJ 4
  4. club10 9 5 4
  1. spade7 3
  2. heart10 9 7 2
  3. diamond8 3
  4. clubK Q 7 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 1 3 - 3
S 4 - 2 - 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 8 5 4 2
  2. heart8 4
  3. diamondK Q 10 7 6
  4. club—

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade7
  1. spadeA 6
  2. heartQ J 5
  3. diamondA 9 5 2
  4. clubA J 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT*
Pass 2club~ 2spade Pass
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass

* 15-17
~ Stayman

Declarer played low, letting this run to West's clubQ. West continued spades and East won spadeK to switch immediately to diamondK. Declarer ducked, won the second round of diamonds, and led clubJ in attempt to establish an entry to the dummy. West was having none of this and let clubJ hold. By now South was cursing himself for not unblocking clubJ at trick three, but he recovered in fine style. He cashed heartQ, overtook heartJ in dummy, cashed spadeQ and end-played West with heart3. West had to lead away from clubK to concede the last two tricks.

There are two morals to this story - one impossible and the other commonsense.
1) Don't make any mistakes in the first place
2) Never give up!
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