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North-South have reached what would appear to be a normal contact of 4 via a Stayman sequence. After partner has found a good club lead, you get off to a faultless start by winning with Jack. Now what?

From the bidding you can tell that declarer has two 4-card majors. In addition, we know from partner's lead that he holds three small clubs#, so we know that declarer also has three clubs. So, declarer's shape must be 4-4-2-3. From the bidding, we know he has all the remaining points. If we defend passively, allowing him to draw trumps and lead a club, we are heading to be end-played into leading away from the K or the Q. So there's not much hope for the defence to this contract, is there? Quite right, but declarer does not know it!
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