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
In the other room South went in with heartK and continued the suit. Declarer had three hearts in the bag - notice the difference from the other table - and guessed the club and spade positions perfectly to bring 3NT home for +600.

The defender who found this simple but incredibly difficult play of refusing to rise with heartK at trick one was Andrew McIntosh.
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