Make It Unlucky For Declarer

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q J 8 3
  2. heart4 3
  3. diamondK 5 3
  4. club9 4 3
  1. spade7
  2. heartK 10 2
  3. diamondA Q 9 6 2
  4. clubA Q 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 2 -
S - - - 2 -
E 1 3 3 - -
W 1 3 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade5 4 2
  2. heartQ J 9 6 5
  3. diamondJ 10 7
  4. clubK 10

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond8
  1. spadeA 10 9 6
  2. heartA 8 7
  3. diamond8 4
  4. clubJ 8 7 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1heart Pass
2club Pass 2diamond Pass
2heart Pass 3heart Pass
4heart End
No need to panic here. To retain maximum control you can exit with a low trump and East is fixed. If he wins in hand, ruffs a spade, ruffs a club and ruffs a second spade then your heartA8 are now worth two tricks. On the other hand if rises with a heart honour from dummy on your trump lead then he cannot manoeuvre to ruff two spades in hand without running into a trump promotion. The one thing you must not do ..
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