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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber

  1. spadeK 10 9
  2. heartA J 9
  3. diamondA K 8 6 5 3
  4. club3
Green square in centre

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: South
Lead: club10

  1. spadeA Q J 8 7 5
  2. heart
  3. diamond7 2
  4. clubA 8 7 5 4
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1spade
Pass 3diamond Pass 3spade
Pass 4NT Pass 5NT
Pass 7spade End
Your initial reaction might be to establish the diamonds. So, win clubA, cross to diamondA, cash heartA discarding a diamond, ruff a diamond high and cross to dummy with a trump. If the diamonds prove to be 4-1 then another one is ruffed high and dummy is entered with another trump. Unfortunately this line, which readily springs to mind, goes off when a 3-1 trump break is combined with 4-1 diamonds - there are just not enough tricks.
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