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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 7 4 3
  2. heartQ 7 6 4
  3. diamondA 8
  4. club9 8
  1. spade9 8 6 5
  2. heart8 2
  3. diamondJ 7 6 2
  4. clubK J 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - 6 3 3
S 1 - 6 3 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 2
  2. heart5
  3. diamondK Q 9 5 3
  4. club10 7 6 2

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond6
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartA K J 10 9 3
  3. diamond10 4
  4. clubA Q 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2club
Pass 4heart Pass 5club
Pass 5diamond Dble 6heart
Pass Pass Pass
At first glance it appears that the hand hinges on the club finesse. Are there any improvements on this to be found? Perhaps there was an extra chance. Take ace of diamonds, spadeA, ruff a spade with the nine, noting with interest East's play of spadeJ. jack of hearts to the queen, spade ruffed with the ten bringing down East's king. Now heartA and the carefully preserved three to dummy's seven in order to cash two spade winners discarding a diamond and club. This play proved worthwhile as the club finesse turned out to be wrong.

Nice one, Simon. Any comments ..?
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