Cunning Plan

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 7 5 2
  2. heartA 10 7
  3. diamondQ J 10 4
  4. clubK J
  1. spadeA J 10 4
  2. heartK J 4
  3. diamondA 8 6 5
  4. club9 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 2 4 3 4
W - 2 4 3 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 6
  2. heartQ 9 8 5 2
  3. diamondK 7
  4. clubQ 5 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: spade8
  1. spade8 3
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamond9 3 2
  4. clubA 10 8 7 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass
1spade Pass 2spade Pass
2NT* Pass 3NT Pass
4heart End

* enquiry

In the other room, declarer won and played a heart to the king but North ducked.

Now, putting yourself in declarer's shoes, can you honestly say you would have come off the dummy with heart4? I think not! East quite understandably led a routine heartJ, but North's cunning plan was now put into effect. He won heartA and switched to clubKJ as had North in the other room. This time, however, when South overtook to continue the suit North was able to over-ruff dummy's heart4.

Cunning plan indeed! N-S + 50.
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