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 1diamond
Pass 1spade Pass 2heart
Pass 3club Pass 4NT~
Pass 5spade Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* 11-17, 5+ clubs, unbalanced
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In the other room declarer won heartA, cashed clubA and played three rounds of spades, ruffing the third with club10. diamondAKQ followed and North's losing heart went away as East ruffed. East could not hurt declarer and again the slam came home. I'd be interested to hear from you, but I think it was a mistake to cash clubA. If East had four spades instead of three then a spade return would have meant an ignominious defeat for 6club, but if clubA is still in the dummy at least declarer has the option of using it to ruff a fourth round of spades high.
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