There Must Be A Better Way

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 7
  2. heartA J 7 5
  3. diamond6 4
  4. clubA Q 8 7 3
  1. spade9 5 3 2
  2. heartQ 10 8 4 3 2
  3. diamond8 3
  4. club2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 6 3 6 6
S 7 6 3 6 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 6
  2. heartK 9
  3. diamondK 9 5 2
  4. club9 6 5 4

Contract: 7club
Declarer: North
Lead: club6
  1. spadeA K Q 4
  2. heart6
  3. diamondA Q J 10 7
  4. clubK J 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 2diamond
Pass 3club Pass 3spade
Pass 3NT Pass 4NT
Pass 5heart Pass 7club
Pass Pass Pass
. . . and that must be the good old diamond finesse. After winning the club lead you draw trumps and finesse a diamond. When that holds you return to heartA for another diamond finesse, diamondA, diamond ruff. The fifth diamond is now established so in all you make five trumps, four diamonds, three spades and heartA. With the trumps being four-one you would have to abandon some of the unlikely squeeze positions by throwing the low spade from dummy on the fourth trump, but the diamonds were always likely to be 7club's best chance of success - about 50%.
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