Simple When You Think of It

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeJ 10 9
  2. heart7 6 5
  3. diamondA J 6 5 3
  4. clubJ 2
  1. spade7 3
  2. heart9 2
  3. diamondQ 8 7 4
  4. clubK 9 8 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 2 4 2
S - 1 2 4 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 6 5
  2. heartA K 10 4
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. club10 5 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heart9
  1. spadeA K Q 4 2
  2. heartQ J 8 3
  3. diamond2
  4. clubA Q 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart Dble
Pass 2diamond Pass 2spade
Pass 4spade End
There's no rocket science required on this hand. diamondKQ coming down in three rounds is not likely, and you should start by cashing spadeJ and playing diamondA, ruff a diamond. Even if a diamond honour has come down you will follow with heartQ, hoping that West cannot ruff. If he does, then it's back to the club finesse, but when West discards you throw a club from the dummy and play to ruff both your club losers in dummy.
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