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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 10 9 8 5 4 2
  2. heart8 4 3
  3. diamondQ J 7
  4. club—
  1. spadeK 7 6 3
  2. heartQ J 10 5
  3. diamond9 5 2
  4. clubJ 9
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 2 -
S - - - 2 -
E 1 - - - 2
W 1 - - - 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J
  2. heart9 7 6
  3. diamondA 10 8
  4. clubA K Q 6 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: East
Lead: club8
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K 2
  3. diamondK 6 4 3
  4. club10 8 7 5 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 3spade 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
On the first board you must lead a diamond. It looks as though declarer can still get home with the help of the two finesses - but follow the play through. Declarer holds up twice in diamonds to win the third round. Seeing that the defence is in position to win three more tricks on obtaining lead, declarer therefore needs two entries to dummy, one to finesse spadeJ and one to cash spadeK. The problem is that this completely destroys her entries back to hand to win the rest of the clubs ... the entry problems are insurmountable. This was a flat board when both Souths led a club. Hand two ..
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