Kamikaze Kid

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 10 4
  2. heartA 8 3
  3. diamondQ
  4. clubA K 10 5 2
  1. spade8 5 3 2
  2. heartK Q 10 4
  3. diamond7 6 2
  4. club4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 2 4 5 5
S 5 2 4 5 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 7 6
  2. heart2
  3. diamondK 10 9 8 5 3
  4. club9 7 6

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond2
  1. spadeJ 9
  2. heartJ 9 7 6 5
  3. diamondA J 4
  4. clubQ J 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1club 2diamond* 2heart
Pass 4heart End

* Weak

As long as you have decided to safety-play trumps in some way you would have been OK. Essentially this means running a heart through West and having the courage to duck (or play heart8) when he plays low - as he most certainly will. Even had a singleton honour been with East it would have been OK - you win the diamond return and repeat the finesse. But if East turns out to have heartQ10 or heartK10 a third round of diamonds will force out dummy's ace and you will lose three trump tricks. Almost every declarer in 4heart went down when they inexplicably declined the safety-play, perhaps worried about a 6-1 spade break. And the other game contracts?
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