Conservative Day

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK
  2. heartA J 8 5 2
  3. diamondJ 8 4 3
  4. clubA 7 3
  1. spadeQ 8 5 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondQ 10 7 2
  4. clubK 8 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 3 - 2
S - 2 3 - 2
E 2 - - 2 -
W 2 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 7 6 4 2
  2. heart9 3
  3. diamondA K
  4. clubQ 9 5 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondK
  1. spadeA 10 9
  2. heartK Q 10 6 4
  3. diamond9 6 5
  4. clubJ 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
This deal was unofficially nominated as hand-of-the-year by a friend, and it's easy to see why. It requires some very clever anticipation on East's part to break 4heart.

Back to trick three. Instead of leading a low club after cashing the two diamonds, study the effect of switching to the queen of clubs! You can no longer be end-played and it does declarer no good to duck. Nice eh?

By the way, at another table I was East and I was also having a conservative day and passed over 1heart. My partner was not and made a take-out double of 3heart! We played in 4spade doubled two off - just as well, as I would not have found clubQ at trick three.

This deal has already made an appearance on 27/04/2001. If you got the defence right both times then bravo! If you got the defence right once then that is still commendable. If you got the defence wrong on both occasions then we must have a game sometime.
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