Nothing Too Taxing

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK
  2. heartQ 10 4 3
  3. diamondK Q 7 6 4
  4. clubA K 8
  1. spadeA Q J 6 5
  2. heartA K 9
  3. diamondJ 10 9 5
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 1 1 4 3
W 3 1 1 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 4
  2. heart7 6 5
  3. diamondA 3
  4. clubQ J 10 7 5

Contract: 3spade
Declarer: West
Lead: clubA
  1. spade8 7 3 2
  2. heartJ 8 2
  3. diamond8 2
  4. club6 4 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Dble 2spade Pass
Pass Dble Pass 3club
3spade End
No problem - North's decision to continue with the last heart rather than the "obvious" diamond shrieked of suspicious intent. There could only be one reason - she suspected that South would not be able to over-ruff dummy's spade10 and declarer would realise why. It was a no win situation for North - West ruffed the heart in hand and laid down spadeA to make her part score.

South would have done better to return a spade instead of the third heart, but a suspicious declarer might still have come up with the correct conclusion.
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