Another Tricky Defence

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6
  2. heartQ 6 5
  3. diamondA K Q 8 7 6 5
  4. clubK 10
  1. spadeA Q 9 8 7 2
  2. heart10 8 7 3
  3. diamond10
  4. clubJ 9
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 4 - -
S - 4 4 - -
E 3 - - 4 -
W 3 - - 4 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 5 3
  2. heart9 2
  3. diamondJ 2
  4. clubA Q 7 6 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: clubJ
  1. spadeK 10 4
  2. heartA K J 4
  3. diamond9 4 3
  4. club8 5 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1heart
1spade 3diamond Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
West deserves great credit for getting this one right despite his partner's rather misleading switch. Surely it must be right to play spade3 at trick two, the clear inference being that East holds another sure entry. From East's point of view it can only be wrong to switch to a low spade when West has started with a singleton clubJ.

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