Unexpected Doze

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 3 2
  2. heartJ 10 7 6 4 3
  3. diamond8 3 2
  4. clubA
  1. spadeQ 9
  2. heartK 9 2
  3. diamondA 10 9
  4. clubK Q 8 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 5 1 5 6
W 2 5 1 5 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K J 7 6 5 4
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ 7 6 5
  4. club5

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: clubJ
  1. spade8
  2. heartQ 8 5
  3. diamondK J 4
  4. clubJ 10 9 7 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1club Pass 2spade Pass
2NT Pass 3spade Pass
4diamond Pass 4NT Pass
5diamond Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
At the table, Polish World Champion Piotr Gawrys of Poland covered the lead and saw North win with the ace. When North returned a heart Gawrys decided that the best chance was to play South for spade10 and the clubs to be 4-3. In this way he could finesse spade9 and use this additional entry to ruff out and establish the clubs. He led a trump towards dummy and called "Spade". Dummy played low(!!!) as required by common convention (but not by the actual Laws) and North followed low too - presumably having a little doze.

When the clubs proved to be 6-1, Gawrys changed plan, cashed spadeQ and heartK, ruffed another club and ran the trumps to squeeze South in the minors.E-W +980.
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