Admire the Oppo Line of Play

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q J 8
  2. heartA 9 6 4
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubK 5 4
  1. spade2
  2. heartK Q 5 3
  3. diamondJ 9 8 5 3
  4. clubJ 9 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 2 3
S - - 1 1 3
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 6 5 3
  2. heart10 2
  3. diamondK 10
  4. clubA Q 7 6
  1. spadeK 7 4
  2. heartJ 8 7
  3. diamondQ 7 6 4
  4. club10 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart Pass 1NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass 2NT
He came off dummy with a low heart to the eight taken by West's queen. On winning the diamond return he led heartJ and neatly pinned East's ten to bring in three heart tricks - thereby guaranteeing his contract without worrying about the whereabouts of clubA. Robert was the only successful declarer.

This "intra-finesse" position does not occur very often - here's another typical suit position...
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