Defence Via the Easy Way Or the Hard Way

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring:

  1. spadeA J
  2. heartK
  3. diamond10 9 7 2
  4. clubQ J 9 7 4 2
  1. spade8 6 5
  2. heartQ 8 5
  3. diamondK Q 6 3
  4. clubA 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 4 - - 4
S 4 3 - - 1
E - - 1 2 -
W - - 1 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 9 7 4 2
  2. heart10 6 4 3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. club10 8

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South

  1. spadeQ 3
  2. heartA J 9 7
  3. diamondA J 8 5 4
  4. clubK 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT*
Pass 3NT End

* 15-17

If you decided on an honest fourth best of longest and strongest then I'm afraid that would be minus 430. No, the easy way to a quick plus 100 is to lead a spade, duly found at several tables.

But the hard, and surprising, way to defeat this contract was found at another table ..
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