All Or Nothing

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA Q J 5
  2. heartJ 3
  3. diamondA Q 7 4 2
  4. clubK Q
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 4
  2. heartA Q 9 6 4 2
  3. diamond5 3
  4. clubA 7 2

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondJ
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1heart Pass
2spade Pass 3heart Pass
4heart Pass 5club Pass
6NT End
If South has the guarded heartK he is bound to duck when you lead heartJ. He'll win the next heart finesse and lead another diamond, and now you will not have enough entries to be able to take two spades finesses - even if you do overtake clubK.

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