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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K Q 6
  2. heartK Q 6
  3. diamondJ 4
  4. clubJ 10 5 3
  1. spade5 3
  2. heartA 10 5
  3. diamondA K 10 9 3 2
  4. clubQ 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 1 -
S - - - 1 -
E 1 4 1 - 3
W 2 5 2 - 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 7 4
  2. heartJ 8 2
  3. diamondQ 6 5
  4. clubA K 9 6

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: East
Lead: club8
  1. spadeJ 10 8 2
  2. heart9 7 4 3
  3. diamond8 7
  4. club8 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass Pass
2diamond~ Pass 2heart Pass
Pass Pass

* 15-17
~ Sharples - shows the majors

Declarer now led a spade and South won to switch to a belated trump. North won the queen and continued with a high spade, ruffed in dummy. A third round of diamonds was ruffed by South who continued trumps, so declarer won heartA and led a fourth round of diamonds to make heartJ en passant. No problem.

It would have been even easier had declarer ruffed a fourth club in dummy. Now a third diamond is ruffed by South and declarer promotes himself an extra trump winner even more straightforwardly by winning heartA and leading another diamond.

In the other room North played quietly in 1NT. At least I presume he was quiet because the defence took the first eleven tricks!
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