Peter Harvey Magic

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 10 9 3 2
  2. heart8 7 6
  3. diamond7 5
  4. clubK 10 8
  1. spade8 6 5
  2. heartA K 10 3
  3. diamondK 6
  4. clubA Q 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 3 - 4 2 3
W 3 - 4 2 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 4
  2. heartJ 9 5 2
  3. diamondA 9 3
  4. club5 3 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: heart6
  1. spadeQ 7
  2. heartQ 4
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 4 2
  4. clubJ 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1heart 1spade 3heart Pass
4heart End
Declarer played three rounds of diamonds, ruffing in hand, and forcing North to ditch a spade. He then led a small spade, ducking in dummy. With North's failure to kick off with spadeK in mind, declarer was thus catering for South having started with a singleton honour. South won spade7 and switched to clubJ, ducked by declarer. What was South to do now? To lead another would establish the thirteenth club for a spade discard, so he switched back to spadeQ. West won the ace in dummy and cashed the last trump, strip-squeezing North. Either he had to bare clubK or he could discard another spade and be thrown in to lead into clubAQ. Nice eh?
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