Bridge Deal of the Week (Oct 12 2007)

Problem:

West   North   East   South
                                 1NT
pass     2♣      pass    2♥
pass    3NT     pass    4♠
pass     6♠      all pass

North's bidding was ambitious, to say the least! The final contract fortunately is a reasonable one. West leads the ♦5 (fourth best leads), East wins the ace and returns the ♦3, West following with the four. You play a spade towards dummy, and West plays the queen, you win the ace. How do you plan to take care of the two club losers in hand?

Hint:
You have two club losers to take care of. You can discard one on the ♦Q. If the diamond jack falls tripleton, the fourth diamond will take care of your other club loser. Otherwise, you can rely on the club finesse. Are we overlooking any other options?

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