Completely Fixed

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K
  2. heartK 10 7 4 3
  3. diamondK 9 7 5 2
  4. club7
  1. spadeJ 10 8 6 2
  2. heartJ 9
  3. diamond10 4
  4. clubA 6 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 3 - -
S - - 2 - -
E 1 3 - 2 3
W 1 3 - 2 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondA Q J 8 6 3
  4. clubK 9 8

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeQ 9 7 3
  2. heart8 6 5 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubQ J 10 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 1NT 3heart
3spade Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
He won in hand with clubK and led a small diamond to dummy's ten. Look at North - he's completely fixed. Whichever red suit he leads (this he must do even if he unblocks spadeAK), East finesses and is able to use clubA as an entry to finesse in the other red suit. Very neat.

At other tables East clumsily rose with clubA at trick one and led diamond10 through North, who covered. Declarer had no entry to dummy and no chance of success. Where South led a heart a few Easts were forced to get it right - a low diamond at trick two made life very easy when South showed out.
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