Should Have Done Better

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA J 7 4 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondK 5
  4. clubA K Q J 10
  1. spadeQ 8
  2. heartK Q 10 9 4 3
  3. diamond10 8 6 3 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 - 1 3 5
S 6 - 1 4 5
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 6 2
  2. heart7
  3. diamondA 9 7
  4. club9 7 6 4 2

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeK 5
  2. heartJ 8 6 5 2
  3. diamondQ J 4
  4. club8 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart* Dble Pass 2NT~
Pass 4NT# Pass 5club
Pass 6club End

* 5-9, six card suit
~ natural
# Blackwood

East should have done better. Instead of exiting with a diamond, he should have tried a trump. Although the spades can be ruffed out as before, there is no entry back to the North hand and eventually East makes a trump trick.

Any comments?

Although South could get home by not drawing any trumps before ruffing spades, that is an unreasonable line to adopt. Much better to ruff spades out immediately after finding the 5-0 trump break. Either that or lead a small diamond from dummy. In these cases South always has a vital entry to dummy to draw trumps.
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