Which Alternative to Choose

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K
  2. heartA K 10 9 7 5
  3. diamondJ 8 7 5 4
  4. club—
  1. spade7
  2. heartJ 8 2
  3. diamond6 3
  4. clubK J 10 8 7 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 3 5 2
S - 2 3 5 2
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 4 2
  2. heartQ 3
  3. diamondA K 10 9 2
  4. club9 6 3

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond6
  1. spadeQ J 10 9 8 5 3
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamondQ
  4. clubA Q 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1club* Pass 1spade~
Pass 2heart Pass 2spade
Pass 3diamond Dble 3spade
Pass 4club Pass 5spade#
Pass 6spade End

* Precision
~ positive with spades
# needing help in trumps

Discounting the other lines as too unattractive, declarer saw another possibility. She cashed heartA at trick three (in case of a singleton honour with East), ruffed a diamond, ruffed a club, ruffed another diamond and ran the trumps. Holding the long heart and clubK West was caught in a squeeze to yield the twelfth trick.

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