Resuscitating Possibility

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ J 10 9 7 4
  2. heart10
  3. diamondQ
  4. club8 7 6 5 3
  1. spadeA 8 6 2
  2. heartA 8 7 2
  3. diamondJ 8 4 3
  4. club2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 2 5 -
S - 2 2 5 -
E 3 - - - 3
W 3 - - - 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heart9 5 3
  3. diamond7 6 2
  4. clubA K Q J 10 9 4

Contract: 5spade
Declarer: North
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeK 5 3
  2. heartK Q J 6 4
  3. diamondA K 10 9 5
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade 4club 4diamond
Pass 4spade Pass 4NT*
Pass 5club# Pass 5spade
Pass Pass Pass

* Blackwood
# no aces

Did you flash in with heartA and play ace and another spade? If so declarer rapidly wraps up eleven tricks. In fact if you flashed in with heartA that is the end of the defence as long as declarer is awake. Suppose that you exit with a diamond. Knowing that because of the bidding you are not going to have any more clubs he overtakes diamondQ and cashes a couple of hearts and diamondK. When that happily passes off without incident he can cross ruff for eleven tricks, although he will need to make a good decision about East's trumps, or lack of them, when considering ruffing in hand.

So, you will need to play low on the small heart at trick two .
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