Two Different Routes

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade—
  2. heartJ 5 3
  3. diamond10 4 3
  4. clubK Q 10 9 7 3 2
  1. spadeK J 9 8 4 3 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamondA K 6 2
  4. club4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 1 1 - -
S 2 1 1 - -
E - - - 3 1
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 5
  2. heartK 9 7 4 2
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubA J 8 5

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: West
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA Q 10 7
  2. heartA Q 10 6
  3. diamondQ 9 8 7
  4. club6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3club Pass Pass
4spade Pass Pass Dble
Pass Pass Pass
At another table West preferred to play a spade to the nine at trick two. When North showed out West continued with a heart to South's ten. South cashed spadeA and continued with heartA, ruffed by West who put South in again with king and another spade. South was at a crossroads, and chose the wrong route by exiting with a low diamond. Declarer ran this round to the jack, threw his remaining diamond loser on heartK and also clocked up 590.

Two different routes to a great score, but both Wests should have been defeated.
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