Slipped Through

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Aggregate
  1. spade8 7 6 5
  2. heartJ 8 6 3
  3. diamondA Q 9
  4. clubA 7
  1. spade3
  2. heart10 9 5 4
  3. diamondJ 7 5 3
  4. clubQ J 9 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 2 3 2
S 2 3 2 3 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q 9
  2. heartQ 7 2
  3. diamond8 6 2
  4. club5 3 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeJ 10 4 2
  2. heartA K
  3. diamondK 10 4
  4. clubK 10 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1NT
Pass 2club Pass 2spade
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
I led a highly uninspired clubQ and Eric wrapped up ten tricks in no time. Playing with speed of thought, he won the opening lead in dummy, cashed heartAK and diamondAKQ, ruffed out heartQ, clubK, ruffed a club and led heartJ from dummy. East did her best by ruffing high with spadeA and leading the nine, but Eric carefully covered with spade10 to score +620.

Note that on a trump lead and continuation, declarer has only eight tricks comprised of three diamonds, two hearts, two clubs and one spade, although West is likely come under pressure into allowing a ninth even if declarer fails to suss out the actual heart position.

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