Unsung Star of the Show

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6
  2. heart9 8 5
  3. diamondK 8
  4. clubQ J 10 8 7 6 4
  1. spadeQ J 10 9
  2. heartK
  3. diamond7 6 4 3 2
  4. clubK 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 5 5 6 4
W 2 4 5 6 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 4 2
  2. heartA Q 6 3 2
  3. diamondA Q
  4. clubA 9

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: club3
  1. spadeK 7 5 3
  2. heartJ 10 7 4
  3. diamondJ 10 9 5
  4. club3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2NT Pass
3club* Pass 3heart Pass
3NT Pass 4spade Pass
5club Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* Stayman

I hope that you cashed heartK at trick three because on spadeJ North shows out! However, with the hearts unblocked you can let South have his spadeK and win the next spade in hand by overtaking with the ace. A low heart is ruffed, a successful diamond finesse follows and the vital spade8 renders South impotent.

Cashing heartK at trick three is not absolutely crucial, but you can only recover by overtaking spadeQ and immediately unblocking heartK, finessing diamondQ, ruffing a low heart and exiting with dummy's last trump. South must again put you back to hand. +1430.

OK, so what really happened .....
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