Bridge Deal of the Week (Feb 01 2008)

Problem:

West   North   East   South
                                 1♦
pass     2♦¹      pass   4♣²
dbl       4♥³     pass   4NT⁴
pass     5♦⁴     pass   6♦

1 - Inverted Minor Raise
2 - Splinter Bid
3 - Cue-bid
4 - RKC Blackwood
5 - One key-card

You are South on this deal, and reach the excellent contract of 6♦. West leads a trump, the only lead to give you any problem; on any other lead, you could have ruffed three clubs in hand. You play low from dummy, and win East's ♦4 with the ♦6. You lead the ♣9 at trick two, West and dummy play low as East wins the trick with the ♣10. Another trump is returned, West discarding a club to this trick. What is your basic plan?

Hint:
You will need to engineer a squeeze to bring home the slam. West's club discard, along with his double of 4♣ suggest that he has length in clubs, which is a useful piece of information.

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