No Certainty of Success

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 3
  2. heartQ 9 7 2
  3. diamond7 4
  4. clubA K J 10 6
  1. spadeK J 9 8 4
  2. heartJ 8 4
  3. diamond8 5
  4. club8 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 2 4 1 4
S 4 2 4 1 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 6 2
  2. heartK 6 5
  3. diamondA Q J 3 2
  4. clubQ 5

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade8
  1. spadeA 10 5
  2. heartA 10 3
  3. diamondK 10 9 6
  4. club9 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1club 1diamond 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
It's no good rising with the ace and leading the queen or jack - that will hand South a second diamond trick to go with the two spades, four clubs and heartA. You must play on South's fears by rising with ace and exiting with a low diamond, thereby forcing South to go for the brilliancy prize by finessing the nine or ten. If she fails to rise to the occasion you've got her. Although she can run the clubs she will have to come off dummy with a heart - there being no diamond with which to end-play you. This was the ending..
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