Sick As A Parrot

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartA J 10 9 6 5
  3. diamondQ J 7 2
  4. club9
  1. spadeA 10 6 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondA 9 8 3
  4. club8 7 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 2 - 2
S - 1 2 - 2
E 3 - - 2 -
W 3 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 4 2
  2. heart4 2
  3. diamondK 10
  4. clubK Q 6 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club7
  1. spadeK 9 7
  2. heartK Q 8 3
  3. diamond6 5 4
  4. clubA J 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart
Pass 4club* Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass

* splinter

South immediately led clubJ at trick two, hoping to induce a cover from West. When West unconcernedly played low, declarer ruffed in the dummy, drew trumps ending in hand and led a diamond to the queen and king. Placing clubK with East, declarer could be sure that spadeA was with West, otherwise East would have opened the bidding holding spadeA, diamondK and clubKQ. When East continued diamonds, West won diamondA and exited with another, won by dummy's jack. Declarer led spadeJ from dummy and, when East ducked, played low from hand!! After all, playing the king would be sure to lose to the ace. Declarer was not a beginner, but the world class Italian, Dano De Falco.

And East? He was no beginner ... just sick as a parrot.
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