Sloppy Lines

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 7
  2. heartQ 9 7 3
  3. diamond6 4 3
  4. clubA 7 6
  1. spade6 2
  2. heartA K 8 6 2
  3. diamondA Q 5
  4. club9 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 4 4 1 1
W 3 4 4 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartJ 10 5
  3. diamondK J 8 7
  4. clubK Q 10 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: diamond3
  1. spadeJ 9 8 5 4 3
  2. heart4
  3. diamond10 9 2
  4. clubJ 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass
1heart Pass 2heart Pass
4heart End
The best line is to win diamondA and lead a low trump at trick two! This avoids all the hassle with entries and restricts the trump losers to a maximum of one, except where there are really nasty distributions. As for the two lines adopted in the match, I have little sympathy for either declarer. Both lines were rather sloppy.
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