Injudicious Entry

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 7 2
  2. heartA 10 2
  3. diamondQ 7 4 2
  4. club10 7 2
  1. spadeQ J 9 5
  2. heartQ J 6 4 3
  3. diamond6 5
  4. clubJ 9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 3 3 3 3
S 1 3 3 3 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 4
  2. heart9
  3. diamondK 9 8 3
  4. clubK Q 8 6 4 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeA 8 6 3
  2. heartK 8 7 5
  3. diamondA J 10
  4. clubA 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1NT*
2club~ 3NT Pass Pass
Pass

* 15-17
~ majors

West's distribution is an open book - he must be 4-5-2-2. So why did he lead a spade as opposed to a heart? Because his spades are stronger and therefore East must have one of the key hearts! Declarer led a heart to the ace, cashed diamondQ throwing spade8 from hand and strip-squeezed West in the process. In order to prevent South from making a long heart West also threw a spade, so declarer came to spadeA and led a small heart towards dummy, unblocking heart10 when West went in with the jack. West was end-played and South took the last two tricks with heartK8. Sweden +600.
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