The Easy Way Or the Hard Way

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 8 4 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondA K 10
  4. clubA K 9 8 4
  1. spadeA Q J
  2. heart5 4
  3. diamondQ J 8
  4. clubQ J 6 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 1 3 5 3
S 2 1 3 5 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10
  2. heartQ J 9 6 3
  3. diamond9 7 6 4 3
  4. club10 7
  1. spade9 7 6 5 2
  2. heartK 10 8 7 2
  3. diamond5 2
  4. club3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1club Dble 1heart 2spade*
Pass 3club Pass 4spade~
Pass 5spade Pass Pass#
Pass

* weak
~ see above
# see above

Hope you rose with the king! At the table South had believed West's false cards in clubs and, having assumed that the clubs would ruff out, played so as to guard against a singleton spadeA with East. Two rapid rounds of spades with spadeAQ soon put paid to that plan and South ended one off.
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