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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spadeA 5 2
  2. heartK 8
  3. diamondJ 9 6
  4. clubQ 10 8 7 3
  1. spadeK 4 3
  2. heartA J 7 6 2
  3. diamondA 5 4
  4. club9 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 1 3 1 3
W 2 1 4 1 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 8 6
  2. heart10 9 3
  3. diamondK 10 8
  4. clubA K J 5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: club3
  1. spadeQ J 10 7
  2. heartQ 5 4
  3. diamondQ 7 3 2
  4. club4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
1heart* Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass Pass Pass

* five card majors

He therefore won clubA and, with the aid of a finesse against South's queen, immediately ran four rounds of trumps. As you can see, North was in trouble and came down to two spades, two diamonds (to prevent a finesse against South's diamondQ) and club108. Declarer cashed the two top diamonds ending in dummy and followed with two rounds of clubs to put North on play to lead away from spadeA. Nice play!
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