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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 10 3
  2. heartQ 6 5
  3. diamondA Q 6 4
  4. clubJ 9 3
  1. spadeA K J 9 4
  2. heartA K 10 4
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 4 3 3 4 2
W 4 3 3 4 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 6
  2. heart9 7
  3. diamondJ 8 7 5 3 2
  4. club10 6 4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: club3
  1. spade7 5 2
  2. heartJ 8 3 2
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. clubQ 8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club* Pass 1diamond~ Pass
1spade# Pass 1NT! Pass
3heart+ Pass 3spade Pass
4club Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass

* strong
~ negative
# forcing for 1 round
! even weaker
+ game forcing

West won South's clubQ with the ace and played heartAK, heart ruff, diamond ruff and another heart. If North discarded dummy's last trump would win, followed by another diamond ruff in the closed hand and exit with king and another club. This would end-play North and West would end with eleven tricks. So North ruffed and exited with spadeQ, but it made no difference. West drew trumps and gave up a club .. still eleven tricks.
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