Partner Could Learn to Bid Better

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 9 6
  2. heart10 3
  3. diamondJ 6 5
  4. clubA K 7 6 3
  1. spadeA 7 5 2
  2. heartA K Q 6 4
  3. diamondA Q 10
  4. club5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - - - -
S 3 - - - -
E - 5 4 3 2
W - 5 3 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 4
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamondK 9 8 4 3 2
  4. clubJ 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeK 10 3
  2. heartJ 9 8 5
  3. diamond7
  4. clubQ 10 9 8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1NT Pass
2spade Pass 3heart Pass
4heart End
Your obvious goal is to draw trumps and run the diamond suit, and although the trumps are more likely to be 4-2 than 3-3, you can cater for this adverse situation by ruffing at trick two and immediately ducking a trump - conceding your trump loser early rather than later. If the defence continue with clubs then you have he security of a trump in dummy, so you can ruff, return to hand with spadeA and draw the remaining trumps. As long as the diamonds are not 4-0 you will take eleven tricks. If they are 4-0 and/or the hearts are 5-1, then partner will have to learn to bid better.
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