Early Week Extraction

Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spadeJ 5 4 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondQ 10 6 5 2
  4. clubK J 7
  1. spadeQ 2
  2. heartA 10 8
  3. diamond8 7 4
  4. clubA 8 6 3 2
Green square in centre

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond7

West North East South
1diamond 2spade*
3diamond 3spade Pass 4spade
Dble End

* described as not weak

It looks right to continue spadeQ doesn't it, but take a couple of moments to think about South's distribution. Partner only has four diamonds, so where are all the missing hearts? If partner had five hearts he'd open 1heart, and as he is marked with a singleton spade on the bidding this points to a 1-4-4-4 distribution. So South must have five hearts, and you are getting to the crux of the problem .
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