Road to Recovery

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade
  2. heart9 6 4
  3. diamond
  4. clubA
  1. spadeJ
  2. heartK Q
  3. diamond
  4. club10
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamondK
  4. clubJ 6 3

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamond
  4. clubK 9 8 5
West North East South
1spade Pass 2spade 3club
3heart 4club 4spade 5club
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
The lead is in dummy and South must make all the tricks. South has to decide whether West started with an original 5-4-2-2 or 5-5-2-1 shape. In the first case he must cash clubA and in the second, the actual position, he must ruff a heart first. Incidenally, West can defeat the contract quite simply by refusing to play a third spade at trick three. Declarer is unable to reach the trump coup end position as displayed.
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