Rarely Deployed

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 10 9 3
  2. heart5 2
  3. diamondK J 2
  4. clubK J 7 3
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartQ J 10 9 7 4
  3. diamondQ 10 5 4
  4. club5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 5 1 7 7
S 7 5 1 7 7
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 7 6 4
  2. heartK 8 3
  3. diamond8 6 3
  4. club9 6 2

Contract: 6club
Declarer: North
Lead: heart3
  1. spadeA Q 5
  2. heartA 6
  3. diamondA 9 7
  4. clubA Q 10 8 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart* Pass 3heart~ 3NT#
Pass 4club Pass 4heart
Pass 4spade! Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* weak
~ not constructive
# natural
! suit

If you judge that 6club is a good pairs contract, then you should play as safely as possible - aiming for a good score without jeopardising your chances of an even better one. In this case you might win heartA, draw trumps and cash three top spades. If the jack drops then you can ditch a heart and take the diamond finesse for thirteen tricks. When the spades don't oblige, you ruff the last spade and exit with a heart, making when West has the ten and/or the queen of diamonds... but ....
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