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I spotted this hand in one of the Camrose Trophy matches over last weekend. After an auction in which S had shown a strong hand with a long ♣suit and W had pre-empted in ♥ NS ended up in 7♣. W led the 10♥ which went A, J, ♦A. S led the ♣Q from dummy, E played the 7 and, after considerable thought, S played low and lost the trick to W's singleton ♣K. Did declarer play correctely? ♠A42 ♥AK542 ♦Q ♣Q965 ♠KQ9 ♥- ♦AK6 ♣AJ108432 Full auction was: E S W N P 1♣ 3♥ X P 5♣ P 7♣ P P P The 1♣ opening bid was Precision, showing an opening bid of 17 or more points. N's X showed at least a game going hand.

In my view the likelyhood of 6-2 or better in ♣ offer a better chance than playing any sort of squeeze. So go for the ♣ ruff.

1. ♠AQT73♥43♦K7♣KQJ2, amber. L. PASS 2. ♠KQT75♥54♦AKT2♣K5, white. PASS 3. ♠AQJ943♥4♦973♣T94, amber. PASS 4. ♠KT652♥-♦AK642♣A94, amber. DOUBLE 5. ♠Q76♥Q63♦AK84♣AK4, red. DOUBLE 6. ♠A875♥6♦AKJ74♣K94, white. L. PASS 7. ♠653♥QJ3♦AKJT976♣-, white. 5 DIAMONDS 8. ♠AK74♥AT♦JT5♣AK84, amber. L. DOUBLE 9. ♠AK953♥K8♦82♣AKT8, red. 4 SPADES 10. ♠AKJ973♥2♦T742♣J4, red. PASS 11. ♠A53♥T♦AJT953♣A87, white. PASS 12. ♠K87432♥-♦A4♣T7643, white. L. PASS 13. ♠AK864♥Q72♦A72♣43, white. L. PASS 14. ♠AQJ72♥Q♦T2♣86543, white. 4 SPADES 15. ♠KQ9874♥8♦J6♣AK75, amber. L. 4 SPADES 16. ♠KT9♥-♦Q9754♣AK764, white. PASS 17 ♠AQJ9542♥T3♦T98♣2, amber. PASS 18. ♠AJ943♥42♦AKJ6♣Q4, red. PASS 19. ♠KQ74♥4♦63♣AKT976, green. L. PASS 20. ♠AK943♥K2♦JT9842♣-, red. L. 4 SPADES 21. ♠KT743♥J♦QT♣AQJ84, red. PASS 22. ♠AK732♥Q♦75♣AKT98, red. 4 SPADES 23. ♠AT72♥2♦KQ6♣KQT63, red. PASS