Another Straightforward Game

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 9 4
  2. heartJ 7
  3. diamondQ J 10 9 7
  4. clubJ 7 4
  1. spade10 5 3
  2. heartA Q 10 9
  3. diamond6 2
  4. clubA K Q 10
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 2 4 1
S - 4 3 4 2
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7 2
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamond8 5 3
  4. club9 8 5 3 2

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA K Q 6
  2. heartK 8 5 4 2
  3. diamondA K 4
  4. club6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1NT Pass 2spade
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Dble End
South decided that, to use a good old English expression, he might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. In other words, he should risk everything to make the contract and not worry about extra undertricks, for any kind of defeat would certainly yield very few match-points. He ruffed clubQ with spadeA, crossed to diamondQ and ruffed dummy's last club with spadeK. After cashing spadeQ and diamondA, South then boldly finessed dummy's spade9, drew all the remaining trumps with spadeJ while jettisoning diamondK from hand. Dummy's diamonds were now good and the result was +790. Easy!
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