Devilish Solution

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 6 4
  2. heartQ J 3
  3. diamond6
  4. clubK Q 9 8 2
  1. spadeQ 8 5
  2. heartK 9 5
  3. diamond8 3 2
  4. clubA 7 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - 2 3 2
S 3 - 2 3 2
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 7
  2. heart8 7 6 4
  3. diamondA Q J 10 9
  4. club10 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond8
  1. spadeK 9 3 2
  2. heartA 10 2
  3. diamondK 7 5 4
  4. clubJ 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
Pass 1club 1diamond 1spade
2diamond 2spade Pass 3diamond
Pass 4spade End
I'm sure you recognised the potential for a classic "Devil's Coup". Declarer cashed clubKQ and when East threw heart8 South also threw a heart - the ace. Heart ruff, diamondK throwing a club, diamond ruff, club ruff led to a three card position shown on the next page....
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