Three Quarters

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spade9 4 3 2
  2. heartA K 9 3
  3. diamondJ 10 9 7
  4. club8
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartQ J 6
  3. diamond8 5 3
  4. clubA J 10 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 2 -
S - - 1 2 -
E 3 2 - - 2
W 4 2 - - 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 6
  2. heart8 2
  3. diamondK Q 6 4
  4. clubQ 6 4 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondJ
  1. spadeJ 8 7 5
  2. heart10 7 5 4
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubK 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1NT* Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass

* who knows?

If you led a low club from dummy with the intention of returning to dummy with diamondK for a second club finesse then you might come unstuck. Much better is to lead clubQ from dummy and, when South plays low, unblock the ten or jack. Now you are still conveniently in dummy to repeat the club finesse, with the vital club5 is your passport to further club enrichment. It was an imaginative ploy by South to duck at trick one - to win and continue diamonds would certainly have concentrated West's mind wonderfully.
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