Defensive Promise

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 7 6 3 2
  2. heart10 8 7 6
  3. diamondK 9 2
  4. club10
  1. spadeA J 10 9 8 5 4
  2. heartA 2
  3. diamondQ 5
  4. clubK Q
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - -
S - 2 - - -
E 3 - 1 3 1
W 3 - 1 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK
  2. heartK 5 4 3
  3. diamondJ 10
  4. clubA J 9 8 3 2

Contract: 5club
Declarer: East
Lead: heartQ
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ J 9
  3. diamondA 8 7 6 4 3
  4. club7 6 5 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club* Pass
3spade Pass 4spade Pass
5club End

* Precision style

. . . and when South led heartQ once again the defence had foundered because of a failure to obtain a ruff. Declarer won with heartK and drew trumps routinely, courtesy of the singleton club10. When he continued with spadeK and South showed out he was able to overtake in dummy and make all thirteen tricks with the aid of the ruffing finesse against spadeQ.
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