One of the Best

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartQ 10 4
  3. diamond10 7 2
  4. clubA 10 8 5 3
  1. spadeA 9 7 6 3 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamond8 5
  4. club9 7 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 4 - 1
S - 4 4 - 1
E 1 - - 3 -
W 1 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 8
  2. heartK J 2
  3. diamondK 6 3
  4. clubK Q J

Contract: 5heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spade4
  2. heartA 9 8 7 6 5
  3. diamondA Q J 9 4
  4. club6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade 2heart
4spade Pass Pass 5diamond
Pass 5heart Dble Pass
Pass Pass
As you will have guessed, our star declarer did neither of these. He ran heart9 to East's jack at trick three and won clubK switch with dummy's ace. He then led heartQ from dummy. Whether East covered or not, declarer had both restricted his trump losers to one and retained a vital entry to dummy. By leading diamond10 from dummy South could take the diamond finesse twice and bring home his contract. An initial club lead or switch to clubs at trick two would have broken the contract.

The declarer? Martin Hoffman.
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