This
deal is from an online EBU duplicate.
After
a straightforward auction to three notrump West led
the four of hearts which went to queen and ace.
Declarer
now started to develop the spades for extra tricks
while trying to stop East, the danger hand, from
gaining the lead.
A
spade went to the jack and king and then a spade to
the nine held with West discarding a club.
Nine tricks are guaranteed now, but overtricks are
useful at matchpoints. If East has the club
ace and West's hearts are headed by the king and
ten, accurate defence should hold declarer to nine
tricks.
Declarer
cashed the ace of diamonds and played the queen
overtaking with the king to take another spade
finesse, and then cashed the spade ace, West
discarding diamonds. Two more rounds of
diamonds were played with West discarding a heart
and a club, East two hearts.
The
position now was as below
Now
playing either suit from dummy endplays West to give
declarer ten tricks, which was worth a surprising
96%.
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