Premier Beats Gold - Or Not

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 10 9 7 6 4
  2. heartQ 7
  3. diamondA 9 8
  4. club9
  1. spade3 2
  2. heartK J 4 2
  3. diamondK 5 4 3
  4. clubA Q 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 2 2 4 2
S 2 2 2 4 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 5
  2. heart9 8 6
  3. diamond10 6 2
  4. clubJ 10 3 2

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: North
Lead: diamond2
  1. spade8
  2. heartA 10 5 3
  3. diamondQ J 7
  4. clubK 8 7 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond*
1NT 4spade Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* Precision

East did not find the very best defence when he switched to a heart, despite West's signals, so declarer played low and West won the king, North unblocking the queen. Seeing that he was going to be endplayed if he defended passively, West returned a diamond - playing East for diamond109xx. This was not a success, and suffered more misery when handing North an unexpected overtrick.

The best defence to beat 4spade is a heart lead, ducked to the king, and a spade switch. When East gets in with spadeQ he reverts to hearts and dummy's only entry has gone before declarer can organise any end-play on West. An initial club lead is OK too I suspect, but East needs to find an heart switch at trick two
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