Unmistakable Demand Went Missing

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10
  2. heartQ 9 6 3 2
  3. diamondA K 8 5 4
  4. club4 2
  1. spadeA 9 6
  2. heartK 4
  3. diamond7 3
  4. clubQ J 10 6 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 4 - -
S - 4 4 - -
E 3 - - 3 1
W 3 - - 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 8 7 5 4 3
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondJ 9
  4. clubA 8

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond2
  1. spade2
  2. heartA 10 8 7 5
  3. diamondQ 10 6 2
  4. clubK 9 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass
Club! As you can see, only a diamond lead and club switch beats 4spade, and it was duly found at one table. No doubt you also dropped diamond6 at trick two so that partner, knowing you have four diamonds, was able to read your six as a suit preference signal for a club switch. After all, it could be vital (and was) that North leads a club before your heartA is removed.

What happened in the other room?

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