Better to Get the Ruff Early

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 9 6
  2. heartK
  3. diamondA Q 5
  4. clubQ 9 7 6 5 3
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartJ 10 9 5
  3. diamondK 10 9 6 3
  4. clubJ 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - - - -
S 2 - - - -
E - 4 3 - 1
W - 4 3 - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 3
  2. heartA Q 8 2
  3. diamondJ 7 4 2
  4. clubA 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond8
  1. spade10 8 7 4 2
  2. heart7 6 4 3
  3. diamond8
  4. clubK 10 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart Pass
2heart Pass 2NT Pass
3diamond Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Pass
You can guess what happened at the other table - with East playing the contract South led a semi-automatic diamond. North would have had to be a genius to see that an immediate club switch was required now, and after three rounds of diamonds declarer was able to pick up the trumps and ditch his club loser on the fifth diamond. So there is the paradox in this hand - it was better for declarer that the defender gets his ruff early.
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