Interesting Run-of-the-mill Affair

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 8 7
  2. heartA 10 7 5
  3. diamondA J 8 7
  4. club7 4
  1. spadeK 4 3 2
  2. heartK 9 3 2
  3. diamond4 2
  4. clubA 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 1 3 4 3
W 1 1 3 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 10 6
  2. heartQ 6 4
  3. diamondK Q 10
  4. clubK 10 9

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: heartJ
  1. spade9 5
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamond9 6 5 3
  4. clubQ J 8 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass Pass 1NT* Pass
2club Pass 2spade Pass
4spade End

* 15-17

Declarer wins heartQ, takes two rounds of trumps ending in dummy. A diamond is won with diamondK in hand, the last trump is drawn and heart4 played. North wins to switch to a club but dummy can now lead another diamond and declarer cannot go wrong! When North rises with the ace, diamondQ provides the parking place for the losing club.

East was seduced by the prospect of finding heart10 with South - it was a good shot from him to put heartJ on the table at trick one!
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