[sathyab]

It's the last round in the second semi-finals of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Given all the Matchpoints your partner has been chucking, you have a feeling you make not make it. But the first board of the set must have been good, when opponents took a push to 5♠ over your sacrificial offering of 5♥, so may be there's a still hope.

Scoring: MP

Opponents bid unimpeded, 1c-1s-1nt-2c-2s-4s.

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2♣ was alerted as check-back. Before making the lead you stall by asking if it was GF and they (both) tell you they're already in game. Glad that that was cleared up, you lead the ♦8. Declarer calls for the ♦9, partner plays the ♦J which holds the trick as declarer follows with the ♦3. Partner gives the matters some thought and leads the ♣J, declarer playing the ♣4. Over to you.