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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8
  2. heartQ 9
  3. diamondK Q 9 8 6 5 4 3 2
  4. club7
  1. spadeQ J 10 3
  2. heartK 10 7
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 10 9 8 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - - -
S - 3 - - -
E 5 - 5 6 5
W 5 - 5 6 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 4 2
  2. heartJ 8 3 2
  3. diamondA 10 7
  4. club6 5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamondJ
  1. spade9 7 6 5
  2. heartA 6 5 4
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubQ J 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4diamond* Pass Pass
Dble Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Pass

* natural

Declarer ducked the opening lead - throwing a club from dummy! A spade switch from South was won in hand and a heart finesse of the ten lost to the queen. diamondK was ruffed low in dummy and heartK played. Can you believe that South won with the ace!?! It was now no problem for East to win the spade return in hand, draw trumps, cash diamondA and claim ten tricks.

What if South had ducked? East lacks the entries to hand to force out South's heartA, draw trumps and enjoy diamondA. One off. However ...
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