Good Line Bad Line Ugly Line

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 6 5 4 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 5
  4. club5 3
  1. spadeA Q 10 8
  2. heartJ 7 5 3 2
  3. diamond9 2
  4. clubA 9
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - 1 -
S - 2 - 1 -
E 1 - 5 - 2
W 2 - 4 - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 7
  2. heartK Q 10 6
  3. diamondK 3
  4. clubK Q 10 8 7

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spadeK
  2. heartA 9 8 4
  3. diamondA 7 6 4
  4. clubJ 6 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 2heart* 2spade~ 2NT#
3heart! Pass 4club+ Pass
4heart^ End

* Michaels, spade and a minor
~ value raise in heart
# I like the minors
! my hand is lousy
+ I have clubs too
^ so what?

The bad line is to play a trump. South wins, puts his partner in with a diamond and gets a spade ruff. One off.
The ugly line is to win spadeA and cash three rounds of clubs. With North unable to ruff, away goes your second diamond. After ruffing out the clubs you play on trumps and end up with an overtrick!
Finally, the good line is to duck at trick one, thereby snipping the defensive communications. South wins the second diamond and switches to spadeK, but now you win and play a trump. Whatever South does, you have the answer.
Summing up: Good line +420; Bad line -50; ugly line +450.
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