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South held...

2
AK754
A1052
A105.

He opened 1 and after a 1 overcall, he was raised to 2. He made a game-try bid of 3 which partner accepted by jumping to 4.

Q83 Q62 KQ94 J32

2 AK754 A1052 A105

The A was led (ace-from ace-king) and East discouraged. West shifted to the 8.

If hearts are 3-2, there will be no problem (at most a spade and two clubs to lose). But hearts were 4-1 (RHO had four of them). Declarer eventually guessed to lead a club from dummy to his 10, but you can see from the full layout that he was down one.

Vul:Both Dlr: South	Q83 Q62 KQ94 J32
AKJ754 3 873 K96		1096 J1098 J6 Q874
	2 AK754 A1052 A105

No matter how declarer played clubs, he had to lose two tricks there and one in each major.

How should it be played? The title was a red herring. Don't touch those clubs! At trick two (on the diamond switch), play low from dummy and capture East's J with your A.

Draw 3 rounds of trump ending in dummy. Now play the K then the 9. If East trumps the third diamond, he has to play a black suit. If a spade, discard a club (loser on loser) and then use the Q to reach dummy to throw the other club on the Q. If East breaks clubs, play low from hand. West wins the K, but now you can cross in diamonds to finesse in clubs.

What if East doesn't trump the third diamond? Then overtake the 9 with the 10 and play a trump. East has the same dilemma as above. He has to play a black suit and you lose only two tricks between clubs and spades.

By staying off clubs and making East use his trump winner to play a black suit, you score a brilliant 620.