A Little Flower Almost Unseen

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 6 4 2
  2. heartK 6 3
  3. diamondJ 6 5
  4. clubJ 5 3
  1. spadeK 10 5
  2. heartQ J 8 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 8 2
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - 2 1
S 1 - - 2 1
E - 1 3 - -
W - 1 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7
  2. heart10 9 7 4
  3. diamondK 7
  4. clubK 7 6 4 2

Contract: 3spade
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondK
  1. spadeA Q J 3
  2. heartA 5
  3. diamond10 4 3
  4. clubA Q 10 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1heart Dble
3heart Pass Pass Dble
Pass 3spade End
. . . so North ruffs high and continues with a spade to the ace and queen, foiling the trump promotion. West wins and continues with a third trump, so North comes to hand with heartK and leads clubJ. No good! East refuses to cover and despite club9 coming down declarer must lose clubK at the end - North having no more trumps after having "wasted" spade9 earlier.

At the table a trump was led and North was able to scramble nine tricks after winning the ace and continuing with the queen.
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