Bulldozer Approach Pays Dividends

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 2
  2. heartQ 10 9 8
  3. diamondA K 7 4 3
  4. club5
Green square in centre

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubQ
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartA K 7 6
  3. diamondJ 8
  4. clubA 10 7 6 4
West North East South
1club
Pass 1diamond Pass 1heart
Pass 4NT* Pass 5heart
Pass 6heart End

* steam-age Blackwood

East has a doubleton diamond and may have a relatively short spade suit, so it's therefore important to bank spadeA before it gets ruffed. Accordingly, after ruffing a club in dummy, spadeA is cashed and a fourth diamond led on which East discards a club. After a successful club ruff in dummy the contract was now 100% .
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