Not So Bad At All

Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spade9 4 2
  2. heart10 9 8 4 2
  3. diamondJ 3
  4. clubA K 10
  1. spadeJ 10 8 7
  2. heart3
  3. diamondK 10 4 2
  4. clubJ 6 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 3 5 3 5
S 1 3 5 3 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 6
  2. heartA J 5
  3. diamond9 8 6
  4. club9 8 7 3 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeJ

  1. spadeA Q 5 3
  2. heartK Q 7 6
  3. diamondA Q 7 5
  4. clubQ
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 2heart Pass 3diamond
Pass 4heart End
Say West wins and continues with a small spade to East's king. You win, cash clubQ, cross to diamondJ and ditch two spades on clubAK. A heart to your king holds, so now you ruff a diamond and lead a second heart from dummy. Eleven tricks. Not so bad, after all.

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