Master Play

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 8
  2. heart10 7 5 4
  3. diamondK 10
  4. clubA Q J 9 4
  1. spade7 5 3
  2. heartK 8 3
  3. diamond9 7 5 2
  4. club8 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - 3 - 2
S 3 - 3 - 1
E - 1 - 1 -
W - 1 - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 10 4 2
  2. heart2
  3. diamondA Q J 8
  4. clubK 7 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade3
  1. spadeA 9 6
  2. heartA Q J 9 6
  3. diamond6 4 3
  4. club10 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade 2heart
Pass 4heart End
The answer is absolutely nothing if the defenders are on the ball, but declarer can give himself a good chance by winning the opening lead and leading heartQ from hand!!! What is West to do? If East held singleton heartA it would be curtains to cover! If he plays low South cashes heartA and switches to clubs, thereby giving himself enough time to develop the suit for diamond discards. On the other hand, if East does have heartK he cannot attack diamonds profitably so South has the time to draw trumps and establish clubs as before.

Not a 100% guarantee but much better than the finesse!
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