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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 8
  2. heartA 9
  3. diamondK J 7 3
  4. club9 6 5 2
  1. spadeJ 6 2
  2. heartQ J 7 4
  3. diamond2
  4. clubA K J 7 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 1 3 1 2
W 2 1 3 1 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 7 5
  2. heartK 8 5 3
  3. diamondA Q 9 6 5
  4. club8

Contract: 3heart
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeQ 9 4 3
  2. heart10 6 2
  3. diamond10 8 4
  4. clubQ 10 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1club Pass 1diamond Pass
1heart Pass 2heart Pass
Pass 2spade 3heart Pass
Pass Pass
North put in heart9 and declarer set about establishing the clubs by playing ace, king and another, ruffing in dummy. It's easy to say that West should have started with clubA and a low club ruffed, but how did he know that the queen would come down in three rounds? When South proved to have clubQ103, declarer turned his attention back to trumps but North was able to win heartA and promote a trick for South's heart10 by playing a fourth round of clubs. North-South +50.
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