Living On the Edge

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 8 4 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamondK 7 6 2
  4. clubA 8 4
  1. spade10 9 6
  2. heartQ 6 5 2
  3. diamond10 8 4 3
  4. clubJ 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 6 3 7 6
S 4 6 3 7 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 3
  2. heartJ 10 9 8
  3. diamondQ 5
  4. clubQ 10 7 6 5

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: North
Lead: spade3
  1. spadeQ J 5
  2. heartA K 7 4
  3. diamondA J 9
  4. clubK 9 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade Pass 2club
Pass 2diamond Pass 2heart
Pass 3club Pass 3spade
Pass 4club Pass 4NT
Pass 5heart* Pass 5NT
Pass 6heart~ Pass 7spade
End

* two aces
~ two kings

Two other winning lines present themselves. With East holding two cards in each of the pointed suits, declarer can draw two rounds of trumps and play to ruff the fourth diamond in dummy.

Alternatively North can reverse the dummy by playing to ruff two hearts and one club in hand. Win the opening lead in hand and draw another trump with spadeQ. heartAK discarding a club, ruff a heart, clubAK and ruff a club. Now a diamond to the jack, ruff the last heart with spadeA and back to diamondA to draw the last trump and claim. Straightforward ... if you like living on the edge.
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