Not So Crafty

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6 3
  2. heartQ J 10 7 5
  3. diamondQ 5 3 2
  4. club7 4
  1. spadeK Q J 7 4 2
  2. heart8 6 4 2
  3. diamond6
  4. club8 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 3 - -
S - 3 3 - -
E 1 - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 8
  2. heartA
  3. diamondJ 9 7 4
  4. clubA Q 10 9 3

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: West
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeA 5
  2. heartK 9 3
  3. diamondA K 10 8
  4. clubK J 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2spade* Pass 4spade Dble
Pass Pass Pass

* weak

At one table South played a boring ace and another trump. South won the club finesse and removed dummy's last outside entry with a heart continuation. West was eventually two off for minus 500.

At another table South was crafty - he underled spadeA at trick three. Winning in the dummy, declarer cross ruffed three diamonds in hand and two hearts in dummy before exiting with spadeK. South was end-played and had to lead into clubAQ! Ten tricks, and not so crafty after all.
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