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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 7 3
  2. heartQ J 10 4 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubJ 10 6 4
  1. spade2
  2. heart8 7 5
  3. diamondA K 10 7 6 4
  4. clubQ 8 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - - 3 -
S 2 - - 3 -
E - 5 1 - 3
W - 5 1 - 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 4
  2. heartA 9 6
  3. diamondQ J 9 5 3 2
  4. clubA

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeK J 10 6 5
  2. heartK 2
  3. diamond8
  4. clubK 9 7 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
2diamond* 3spade 4NT~ Pass
5diamond# Pass 6diamond Pass
Pass Pass

* also playing weak jumps
~ RKCB
# either diamondA or diamondK

Declarer knew about the possibility of finding heartKx with a non-unblocking South, but felt his opponents were likely to be competent and therefore rejected that line. No, West played low, won the heart continuation and cashed diamondA and clubA. Using trumps as entries, West's clubs were ruffed and dummy's last trump was overtaken followed by two more trumps. This reduced the hands to the following ..
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