Meckwell Strikes

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 7 2
  2. heartQ
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubA K Q 9 8 4
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartK 7 6 4
  3. diamondQ 8 6 5 4 3
  4. club10
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - - 3 2
S 4 - - 3 2
E - 3 4 - -
W - 3 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 6 5
  2. heartA J 5 3 2
  3. diamondK 7
  4. club7 5 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade9 8 4 3
  2. heart10 9 8
  3. diamondJ 10 9
  4. clubJ 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2club* Pass 2diamond~
Dble# 3club Pass 3diamond
Pass 3NT End

* big
~ small
# diamonds

Hearts?? Yes, declarer led heartQ at trick two!!! You can guess what happened - thinking that declarer held heartJ and was either genuinely attempting to establish the suit or create an entry to dummy, West won heartK and continued with queen and another diamond. Meckstroth knew what to do then - the hearts were abandoned as he cashed his other seven black suit winners. What a wonderful scam - one all bridge players love to pull off successfully.
And 4spade?
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