Rubber Bridge Card Reading

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spade9 4 3
  2. heartA K 4
  3. diamondA 4
  4. clubA 10 9 8 6
  1. spade10 5 2
  2. heartJ 5 2
  3. diamondQ 10 9 8 2
  4. club7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 - - 6 5
S 5 - - 5 5
E - 2 1 - -
W - 2 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ 10 9 7 6
  3. diamondK J 7 6 3
  4. clubK Q 2

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
  1. spadeA K Q J 8 7 6
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamond5
  4. clubJ 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1heart 4spade
Pass 6spade End
Reading the situation brilliantly, declarer John Crawford cashed diamondA and ruffed a diamond, forcing another heart discard from East - after all, he couldn't spare a club. Now declarer played heartA, ruff a heart reducing himself, dummy and East to three clubs. clubJ was run to East's queen but dummy won the last two tricks when East had to lead from clubK2. Brilliant!
Note that this strip squeeze also works if West has begun with clubQx or clubKx, but then the mundane double club finesse is also successful.
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