Nothing Clever Required

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade9 3
  2. heartK Q J 10
  3. diamondA 8 4 2
  4. club10 9 5
  1. spade7
  2. heartA 8 7 6 3
  3. diamondK Q J
  4. clubQ 7 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 3 1 1 3
S 3 3 1 1 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 8 6 5 4
  2. heart9 4 2
  3. diamond7 5
  4. club6 2

Contract: 2heartx
Declarer: West
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeA J 10 2
  2. heart5
  3. diamond10 9 6 3
  4. clubA K J 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
2club Pass 2heart Dble
Pass Pass Pass
Nothing clever required here - you'd already scored a goal if had decided to double 2heart! After South unerringly won trick two with spadeA, North won the diamond switch with the ace, cashed heartQJ10 and exited with a diamond. Declarer faced two unpalatable alternatives of establishing North-South winners by cashing diamondQ or leading away from his clubs. A club was won by North who again exited with a diamond which forced declarer to lead away from his clubs. Again.

Declarer lost one spade, three trumps, one diamond and four clubs - four light and minus 800!
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