Expert Line Fewer Tricks

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade8 6
  2. heart2
  3. diamondQ 9 4 2
  4. clubQ J 9 7 5 4
  1. spadeQ 7 2
  2. heartK 9 7 4
  3. diamondK J 8 6 5 3
  4. club—
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 5 4
  2. heartA J 10 8 3
  3. diamondA 7
  4. club10 8

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: East
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeJ 10 9 3
  2. heartQ 6 5
  3. diamond10
  4. clubA K 6 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart Pass
3diamond# Pass 3spade Pass
5club* Pass 6heart Pass
Pass Pass

# heart fit
* shows void

. . . barring inspired finesses, to draw two rounds of trumps fails on a combination of the trumps being 3-1 and diamonds 4-1. The vital entry of heartK has been used too early. Try it!

The original declarer was Jim Mason, looking sorry for himself with a bad cold, looking even sorrier to see he was the only declarer to make twelve tricks in hearts.
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