Seduced by Helen of Troy

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade7 6
  2. heartJ 10 8 7 6
  3. diamond7 3
  4. clubK Q 8 7
  1. spadeA K Q 4
  2. heartQ 9 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA J 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 2 - 4 2
W 3 2 1 4 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 5 2
  2. heartK 2
  3. diamondA 6 5 4 2
  4. club9 6

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: heartJ
  1. spade10 8 3
  2. heartA 5 3
  3. diamondQ J 10 9 8
  4. club10 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1club Pass 1diamond Pass
2spade Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass
West might have succeeded if diamondQ had not been in dummy. Imagine that South has surreptitiously swapped her for diamond2. Declarer plays low from dummy at trick one and immediately ducks a club. South wins and switches to a diamond (best). Declarer plays clubA, ruffs a club, over-ruffed. Declarer ditches a heart on the diamond return, crosses back to hand with a trump and ruffs a club high. Trumps are drawn and West loses only one heart, a club and one over-ruff.
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