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

East must
a) lead a heart initially to remove a vital entry from dummy
b) when North leads a small spade East must fly in with the queen to prevent declarer gaining an extra entry by finessing the ten - a defence that 90% might find as a problem and 10% might find at the table. Of course if North leads the jack then East must play low, restricting dummy's spade entries to one.
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