Simple But Difficult

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 10 8 7
  2. heart9 8 3
  3. diamondA 6 4
  4. club5 3 2
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartQ J 5 4
  3. diamondK Q 8
  4. clubQ 10 8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 4 3 2 3
W 3 3 3 2 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 9 6 3
  2. heartA 2
  3. diamond9 5 3 2
  4. clubK 9

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: heart8
  1. spadeJ 2
  2. heartK 10 7 6
  3. diamondJ 10 7
  4. clubA J 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade Pass
2club Pass 2diamond Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
Declarer won heartJ and played a spade to the nine. This gains when North holds spadeJ10x while still retaining the finesse of spadeQ for later. South exited with a heart to dummy's ace and a diamond followed to West's king and North's ace. A diamond was returned to the ten and queen, so West took a successful spade finesse and cashed spadeA to see South show out. When club9 was led from dummy South completed a brilliant defence by rising with clubA and cashing heartK. Declarer was already one off by now and both his hand and dummy were under pressure. clubK was unblocked so South simply played diamondJ,heart10 and declarer had to give him another trick with clubJ. Three off and -300.
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