Nasty Discarding Decision

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 4 3
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamondK Q 5 3 2
  4. club10 8
  1. spadeJ 10 6 2
  2. heartJ 8 5 4
  3. diamondJ 10 8 4
  4. clubJ
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 7 5
  2. heartK Q
  3. diamond9
  4. clubK Q 9 7 4 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: clubJ
  1. spadeA K
  2. heartA 10 9 6 3
  3. diamondA 7 6
  4. clubA 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 3club Dble
Pass 3diamond Pass 3heart
Pass 3spade Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
Did you get it right?

At the table our adopted West ditched a spade and that was effectively declarer's ninth trick.

At one of the other tables, the Brazilian declarer ducked both the first clubs, and West did extremely well to pitch hearts. But the declarer deduced that because West had discarded from a bid suit, he must be protecting the others. Backing his judgment, he won the third club, unblocked the spadeAK and followed with ace and another diamond, ducked to West. The long diamond was declarer's ninth trick. Well played indeed.
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