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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade7 6 4
  2. heart7 4 3
  3. diamondJ 7 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 2
  1. spadeA 3 2
  2. heartA K 10 8 5 2
  3. diamondQ 4
  4. clubJ 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 6 6 6 1
W 1 6 6 6 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 8 5
  2. heartJ 9
  3. diamondA K 9 6 2
  4. club4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeJ 9
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamond10 8 5
  4. clubA K 9 6 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade Pass
2heart Pass 2spade Pass
4spade Pass 5club Pass
5heart Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
. . . would have been to draw trumps in as many rounds as necessary. If the trumps prove to be 3-2 after all then declarer plays hearts from the top. A ruffing finesse is available if North starts with heartQ. Only if South has heartQxxx and the diamonds break badly would the contract fail in this case.
If the trumps really are 4-1 then East cashes the top three diamonds. If they don't break then East falls back on a first round heart finesse - gaining when South had heartQxxx.
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