No Need to Resort to Deep Finesse

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 6
  2. heartA 9 5 4
  3. diamondK Q J
  4. clubA J 10 5
  1. spadeQ 10
  2. heartQ 8 7 6
  3. diamond10 8 6 4 2
  4. clubK 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 2 4 5 3
S 3 2 4 5 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 7 2
  2. heartJ 2
  3. diamond9 5 3
  4. clubQ 9 8 4 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: club4
  1. spadeJ 9 8 5 4 3
  2. heartK 10 3
  3. diamondA 7
  4. club6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade
Pass 3NT* Pass Pass
Pass

* balanced 19-20

. . . by ducking at trick one! Say West continues clubs - now North wins the ace and plays ace and another spade. If West wins the second spade and plays a third round of clubs it must mean that the suit broke 4-3. If the clubs are 5-2 then the contract is still cold on any 3-2 spade break unless East (assuming he has led from length) has started with spadeKQx and clubQxxxx, when North might go wrong by guessing to play a third round of spades. In these circumstances ...
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