Open Book

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade
  2. heart10 9
  3. diamond9
  4. club8 7
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartQ
  3. diamond
  4. clubK 4
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamond7 5
  4. club9 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade6
  1. spade5
  2. heart
  3. diamondA 8
  4. clubA Q
West North East South
1spade 2heart 2spade 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
Dummy (North) is on lead and declarer needs four of the last five tricks to ensure a good score. South cashes the two diamond winners and West is strip-squeezed. It's one of those relatively easy posiitons to read - West's hand is virtually an open book by this stage.
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