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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 9 3
  2. heartA J 10 9 4
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubA 8 7 2
  1. spade10 8 6 5 4
  2. heartQ 7 5 2
  3. diamond6 5 3
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 5 3 2 5
S 6 5 3 2 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 7
  2. heartK 6 3
  3. diamondK 9 7 2
  4. club10 4 3

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamondA Q 10 8 4
  4. clubK Q J 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond
Pass 1heart Pass 2club
Pass 3club Pass 3spade*
Pass 3NT Pass 4club
Pass 4heart Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* try for 3NT/cue-bid

South returned to hand with a low trump to the king and ruffed another diamond with clubA. It was now quite straightforward to return to hand with a heart ruff, but had East followed to the heart with the queen then South had the option of pitching his losing spade rather than guess how the trumps were breaking.

The net result on this board was a 12 IMP swing when 3NT, not necessarily a "gimme", was the contract in the other room.
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