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At the table West played low as many would, but this was the last chance to beat the contract. Why has declarer not broached diamonds? Where are his tricks coming from? These questions are very much easier when you're relaxing reading a bridge article rather than when you're at the table. So the answer is the same in both cases - declarer has a solid suit - obviously clubs. Rather than risk a diamond finesse he has chosen the second spade to be his ninth trick because he's fairly sure that West has the ace. The solution is therefore simple - rise with A and play ace and another heart, leading to two off. At the table East was quiet, when a weak jump overcall holding KJ10xx, particularly against an artificial system at favourable vulnerability, might be thought mandatory by some.
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