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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartK Q J 9 7 5 2
  3. diamondA 7 2
  4. club5
  1. spadeA 9 6
  2. heart10 8 6
  3. diamondQ 8 3
  4. clubJ 10 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - 3 6 -
S 2 - 3 4 -
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartA 4 3
  3. diamondK J 10 9 6 5 4
  4. clubQ 6 4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeK Q J 10 8 7 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 9 8 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4heart Pass 6spade
Pass Pass Pass
This is where the two way shot comes in. Apart from retaining the lead at trick one to view dummy, spadeA may be the only lead to break the contract! You must play another spade to cut South off from dummy. The club ruff is the entry you can be certain about removing - if declarer has a second entry via diamondA then the ruffing heart finesse was always available to him to generate enough winners.
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