Think It Through

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 9 8 6 2
  2. heart8 5 3
  3. diamondQ 10 9
  4. club10
  1. spadeA 4
  2. heart10
  3. diamondA K J 4 3
  4. clubK 9 8 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 4 4 4 1 1
W 4 4 4 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade5 3
  2. heartK Q J 7 4 2
  3. diamond8 2
  4. clubA 6 5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeJ
  1. spadeJ 10 7
  2. heartA 9 6
  3. diamond7 6 5
  4. clubQ J 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2spade* 3heart Pass
3spade Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Pass

* weak

You can guess what declarer did at the table. He came to hand with clubK to play a second round of trumps but South won and led clubQ to the king, ruffed. With North holding diamondQ there was no miracle and declarer went down.

With North holding six spades it is much less likely that he holds four diamonds also, so maybe East should have come to hand by playing ace, king and another diamond. If North ruffs the third diamond, threatening a trump promotion for his partner, then East can always discard a loser.
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