Which Way is Best

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 7 5
  2. heart10 2
  3. diamond9 2
  4. clubK Q 9 7 2
  1. spade10 9 6 3
  2. heartK 9 4
  3. diamond10 7 4 3
  4. club5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 5 4 5 5
S 6 5 4 5 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 2
  2. heartQ J 5 3
  3. diamondJ 6
  4. clubJ 8 6 3

Contract: 6club
Declarer: North
Lead: heart3
  1. spadeK 4
  2. heartA 8 7 6
  3. diamondA K Q 8 5
  4. clubA 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1club* Pass 2diamond
Pass 2spade Pass 3heart
Pass 3NT Pass 4club
Pass 5club Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* 11-17, 5+ clubs, unbalanced

In one room declarer won heartA and cashed three top trumps. Three rounds of diamonds followed, on which North ditched his heart. East ruffed diamondQ and tried to cash a heart, but declarer ruffed and cashed his trumps to squeeze West in spades and diamonds for the twelfth trick. East should have foreseen the danger - he knew that North was almost certainly 4-2-2-5 and that a spade switch would have broken up the squeeze.
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