Serious Respect

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 4
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamondJ 9 4
  4. clubA K J 10 7 5
  1. spadeJ 8 2
  2. heartA 9
  3. diamond10 8 3 2
  4. clubQ 9 8 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 5 - 2 -
S 5 5 - 2 -
E - - 2 - -
W - - 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 7 5
  2. heartK Q J 10 7 5 2
  3. diamond6
  4. club3

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: heartA
  1. spadeA 9 6 3
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamondA K Q 7 5
  4. club6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1heart Dble
Pass 2club 2heart 3diamond
Pass 4diamond Pass 5diamond
Pass Pass Pass
When shown this hand I prattled on about winning spadeA, drawing trumps and doing something obvious with the clubs. One off. There is little practical merit in trying to ruff two spades in dummy - essentially cross-ruff lines, although it can be engineered as the cards lay. After winning spadeK and drawing trumps declarer's more obvious winning line is to take an immediate club finesse.

If you found this line - serious respect.
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