Double Or Quit

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 8 6
  2. heart4
  3. diamondA 10 9 8 6
  4. clubQ J 5
  1. spade7
  2. heartA Q 10 9 8 6 2
  3. diamondK J 4
  4. club9 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 2 - 4 -
S 3 2 - 4 -
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 5 3
  2. heartK 7
  3. diamondQ 7 5 2
  4. club10 8 3

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: heartA
  1. spadeQ 9 4 2
  2. heartJ 5 3
  3. diamond3
  4. clubA K 7 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1heart Dble Pass 2heart
3heart Pass Pass 3spade
Pass 4spade Dble Pass
Pass Pass
. . . . if you played spadeJ - bravo! This retains control of the trump suit and you can cope with anything that East can throw at you. Say he ducks spadeJ (best). You lead club5 to the ace and ruff a heart low and presumably East will over-ruff and return a trump. Now all you lose is spadeK.

Another successful line after East ducks spadeJ is to ruff three diamonds in hand, using clubQJ as extra entries. East has to follow all the way, and South's tenth trick is spadeA.
What of the 4heartopening?
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