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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 10 8 4 2
  2. heartQ 7
  3. diamond10 6 3
  4. club9 7 2
  1. spade7 5
  2. heart10 8 6 4
  3. diamondQ 9 5
  4. clubJ 10 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 4 -
S - - - 4 -
E 5 4 2 - -
W 4 3 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartK 5 3
  3. diamondA K 4 2
  4. clubA K Q 8 6 4

Contract: 5club
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeA Q J 9 6 3
  2. heartA J 9 2
  3. diamondJ 8 7
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Pass 2spade 3club 4spade
Pass Pass 4NT Pass
5club End
No, best to draw trumps and cash the diamonds ending in dummy, hoping for an even break, Only then lead a heart towards hand. When your king loses to South he must lead another heart to prevent a ruff and discard, but North is now end-played. Note that it doesn't do him any good to rise with the queen on the first heart because dummy's ten will become the eleventh trick.
25/03/2026: With the 3-3 break in diamonds, declarer can get gome by ducking North's heart7. Maybe that's a better chance, because South might have started with heartAQJ9. When North does actually turn up with the queen, declarer ducks that too, of course. Any thoughts on declarer's best line?
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