Bidding Up With Trumps Ten High

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K J 5
  2. heart10
  3. diamond10 8 3
  4. club10 9 5 4 2
  1. spade9
  2. heartK Q J 6 5 4
  3. diamondK 6 5 4 2
  4. club3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 - - 6 1
S 7 1 - 6 1
E - - 4 - -
W - - 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8
  2. heartA 9 8 7 3 2
  3. diamond9 7
  4. clubQ 7 6

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spade10 7 6 4 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA Q J
  4. clubA K J 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1spade
3heart* 4heart~ 5heart 6spade
Pass Pass Pass

* weak
~ spade fit, heart shortage

Your contract is now 100%. Simply cross back to dummy with a trump and lead a club. If East follows you finesse the jack, unconcerned if it wins or loses. If clubJ holds then you do not lose a club trick and you can try the diamond finesse for an overtrick. If clubJ loses to the queen then the clubs have broken and West is end-played into leading a diamond or conceding a ruff and discard. The fifth club is the parking place for your second diamond. If East shows out on the second club ...
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