Found At the Table

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 5
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamond9
  4. clubA K Q 10 7 5 2
  1. spade4 2
  2. heartJ 9 3
  3. diamondQ 4 3 2
  4. clubJ 9 8 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 4 3 7 7
S 7 4 3 7 7
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 7
  2. heart10 8 6 5 4
  3. diamondK 10 8 5
  4. club3

Contract: 7club
Declarer: North
Lead: diamond5
  1. spadeK 10 9 6 3
  2. heartA K Q
  3. diamondA J 7 6
  4. club4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1club Pass 1spade
Pass 3heart* Pass 4diamond~
Pass 4heart# Pass 4NT^
Pass 6club% Pass 7club
Pass Pass Pass

* three spades, big club suit
~ RKCB for clubs
# thee key cards, AAK
^ clubQ?
% yes, but no other king

At the table declarer made the key play at trick two of ruffing a diamond. When clubAK confirmed that West had started with four trumps North crossed twice to top hearts to ruff two more diamonds. After spadeAK and heartQ throwing his spade loser from hand the lead was in dummy with two cards remaining. North held clubQ10 sitting over West's clubJ9 - a classic trump coup!

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