Beast And the Beauty

Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spadeK Q 8 2
  2. heartA J 8 2
  3. diamondK 8
  4. clubA 7 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 7 3
  2. heartQ
  3. diamondA Q 7 2
  4. club6 5 4 3
West North East South
2heart* .......

* Weak

Two rounds of trumps with the ace and king confirm that the trumps are 3-2 with the ten still lurking. If the hearts had been 6-2 the contract would be almost certain .. ruff a heart low, back to hand with diamondK, ruff a heart high, back to clubA to draw the last trump and claim. However, with hearts being 7-1 this line would not work if spade10 was with South, so .......
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