Only If You Play the Cards Well

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 8
  2. heartA 5
  3. diamondK 9 5
  4. clubK J 9 5 2
  1. spade10 5 4 3
  2. heartQ J 8 7 6 3
  3. diamondA 8
  4. clubA
Green square in centre
  1. spade7
  2. heartK 10 9 4 2
  3. diamondJ 10 7 4 2
  4. club4 3

Contract: 5spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeA J 9 6 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ 6 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 7 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 2diamond* 2spade
4heart 4spade Pass Pass
5heart Dble Pass 5spade
Dble End

* red suits

diamondK should be the next play. If that is won by a defender you can ruff the heart return and knock out the clubA. Any heart continuation can be ruffed in dummy and diamondQ still remains as the vital entry to enable you to draw West's trumps. If they take a ruff when you force out clubA then that's just tough - you were always going down. Of course if they duck diamondK then you draw the remaining trumps and knock out clubA as before. Either way it's a lovely +850 on the score sheet.
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