The Old Old Story

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6 4 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K 9 8 7
  4. clubA J 7 5 3
  1. spade10 8
  2. heartQ 9 6 4 2
  3. diamond10 3
  4. clubQ 9 8 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 4 3 - 1
S 1 4 3 - 1
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 9 7 3
  2. heart10
  3. diamondQ 5 4
  4. clubK 10 4

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: spade10
  1. spadeK 5
  2. heartA K J 8 7 5 3
  3. diamondJ 6 2
  4. club2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1spade 4heart
Dble Pass Pass Pass
At the table South crossed to clubA and ruffed a club. He then used dummy's diamond entries to ruff two more clubs and cut adrift with diamondJ. West had to ruff East's winner and lead a trump back into South's heartKJ.

It was a case of the old, old story - if West doesn't double South would be much less likely to find the winning line.
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