Not Bad For A Beginner

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeQ 10 2
  2. heartA Q 9 8 3
  3. diamond10 4 3
  4. clubA 2
  1. spadeK J 9 6 5 4
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K 6 2
  4. club9 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 3 4 - 3
S 2 3 4 - 3
E - - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 7 3
  2. heartJ 7 5 2
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubQ 8 5 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spadeA
  1. spade—
  2. heartK 10 6 4
  3. diamondQ 9 8 7 5
  4. clubK J 10 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1spade 2heart 2spade 4heart
Pass^ Pass Pass

^ not for a better player

The alternatives seem to be a) establish the diamonds before drawing trumps b) take a club finesse to ditch an diamond c) cross-ruff intending to lose only three diamonds.

The second alternative seemed far too risky and Gerald Hourd crossed to hand with clubA, ruffed a spade, cashed clubK, ruffed a club and ruffed his last spade. When clubJ was led from the dummy West showed out making it a simple task to ruff in hand, and so heartAKQ provided the balance of the required ten tricks. 4heart was thus made without any worries caused by the 4-0 trump break. Not bad for a beginner eh?
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