Correspondent Anguish

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 4
  2. heartA 10
  3. diamondQ 8 7 5 2
  4. clubA 10 6 2
  1. spade8 7 2
  2. heartK Q J 6 4
  3. diamond—
  4. club8 7 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 5 - - 3
S 2 5 - - 3
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 9 6 3
  2. heart9 5 2
  3. diamondK 6 4 3
  4. clubQ

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeK Q 5
  2. heart8 7 3
  3. diamondA J 10 9
  4. clubK J 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass 1NT
2club* Dble 2spade Pass
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* hearts and another

. . . is that, assuming West is 3-5-0-5, the contract was 100% by trick three. By cashing clubK first and then leading clubJ, West could indeed cover with the queen if she had it, but that would give me an extra entry to dummy to pick up the whole diamond suit without loss. To go with heartA I would either make four clubs and four diamonds or three clubs and five diamonds. Anguish!
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