Timing Again

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 7 3
  2. heartQ 5 4 3
  3. diamondQ 8 7 5 2
  4. clubQ
  1. spade9 8 5 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamond9 3
  4. clubA J 8 6 5 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 - - 2 1
W 3 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 6
  2. heartA J 9 6 2
  3. diamondA J 4
  4. club9

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeA 4
  2. heartK 10 8 7
  3. diamondK 10 6
  4. clubK 10 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 1heart Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Dble Pass
2spade Pass 3heart Pass
4club Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass
This hand is all about timing. With no prospect of establishing a side suit, declarer set about a cross-ruff but, knowing the clubs to be 4-1, West had to avoid leading them too early and thereby allowing North to discard hearts and hence over-ruffing declarer. At trick two he led a deceptive clubJ in order to make North think he was attempting to establish the suit, but North threw a heart as dummy ruffed. heartA for a diamond discard, heart ruff, diamondA, heart ruff. Now it was time to lead a club, and with the defence unable to prevent declarer scoring a further five tricks by alternately ruffing in the minors, East-West score a huge +620.
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