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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 2
  2. heartA K 8 4 2
  3. diamondA J 2
  4. club6 3
  1. spadeA J 5
  2. heartQ 10 9 7
  3. diamondK Q 9
  4. clubJ 10 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 4 1 - 4 2
W 4 1 - 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 7 6 4
  2. heart—
  3. diamond7 6 4
  4. clubA K 9 8 4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond3
  1. spade9 3
  2. heartJ 6 5 3
  3. diamond10 8 5 3
  4. clubQ 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
2diamond Pass 2spade Pass
4spade End
East makes the hand whenever both black suits are 3-2 and most of the time when a black queen is singleton. Relative to the alternative line of crossing to spadeA and taking the club finesse, the recommended line will lose when clubQxxx are onside, but I did wonder about whether it is slightly better to cash one top club, cross to spadeA and lead a club from dummy. This retains some hope when clubQxxx are offside, although I suspect that assistance would be required from the defence.

Your thoughts, as always, are welcome.
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