It Looked Straightforward

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartA 8 6 3
  3. diamondJ 5 4 3
  4. clubA K 10 5
  1. spadeA J 10 7 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA Q 7 2
  4. club9 8 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 3 - 2
S 1 2 4 - 2
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 6 4 3
  2. heart10 9 4 2
  3. diamond8 6
  4. clubQ J 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club8
  1. spadeK 8 5
  2. heartK Q J 7 5
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. club7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
1spade 3spade Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
It might "feel" right to get the diamonds going before drawing trumps, but that would have been unnecessarily dangerous in view of West's vulnerable overall. Declarer did exactly the right thing when he led heart8 from dummy and East covered. A spade ruffed with heartA was followed by a finesse of heart7 and the last trump drawn. Declarer now exited with diamondK and eventually won his tenth trick with diamondJ.

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