Neat Line That Produced the Good

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartA K 6
  3. diamond10 8 4 3
  4. clubK 9 8 2
  1. spadeA 10 9 4 3
  2. heart10 9 4
  3. diamondK Q 2
  4. clubA Q
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 - 1 3 2
W 1 1 1 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 7 6
  2. heartQ J 5
  3. diamondA 5
  4. club10 6 4 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: heartA
  1. spadeK 2
  2. heart8 7 3 2
  3. diamondJ 9 7 6
  4. clubJ 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade* Pass 2spade Pass
2NT Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass

* playing strong club

Nevertheless declarer played for singleton spadeJ with North, with extra chances, by leading spadeQ from dummy at trick four. South covered, so West won, eliminated diamonds and exited with a spade. North was end-played into leading away from clubK.
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