Everything Was Right

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 6 4 3
  2. heartQ 9 8
  3. diamondJ 8 7
  4. club10 9
  1. spade7
  2. heartA 7 4 2
  3. diamondQ 6 4 2
  4. clubQ 7 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 5 5 1 2
W 5 5 5 1 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10
  2. heartK J 6
  3. diamondA 10 5
  4. clubA K J 8 3

Contract: 5club
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeA 9 8 5 2
  2. heart10 5 3
  3. diamondK 9 3
  4. club5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass
1heart Pass 2diamond Pass
5club Pass Pass Pass
Even I couldn't go wrong on this one. After ruffing the second spade and drawing trumps it did not matter which red suit I chose to play. As it happened I selected to finesse heartJ just in case North had started with spadeKQ643heartQ9diamondK987club109, when a diamond could be thrown on the fourth heart to end-play South. Mind you - that would be a fairly scary vulnerable 3spade bid on spadeA9852heart10853diamondJ3club52, and even then an alternative winning line is available. Another possibility would be to play three rounds of hearts without finessing - hoping that whoever won the queen would have been end-played - that would have led to one down.

Result: East-West +400.
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