Easy to Miss

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 7 6 4
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamondK Q J 9 5
  4. club7 6
  1. spadeA K Q 8 5
  2. heartA 7 2
  3. diamond8 6 4 2
  4. club3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 2 5 6 4
W 5 2 5 6 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 3
  2. heartK 8 4 3
  3. diamondA
  4. clubA K 10 9 5 2

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade9 2
  2. heartQ 10 9 5
  3. diamond10 7 3
  4. clubQ J 8 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 2club Pass
2spade Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass 4NT Pass
5heart* Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass

* two aces

The best line is easy to miss. Declarer should duck a club at trick two! Declarer wins the trump switch in dummy, ruffs a club low and draws trumps. heartK is still there as the vital late entry to the clubs. This line caters for four-two breaks in both black suits, so declarer thus makes five trumps, diamondA, two hearts and four club tricks. Maybe that's not so easy after all - particularly at the table.
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