It Could Be Me Next Time

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J
  2. heartA 9 7 3
  3. diamondQ J 10 9
  4. club10 8 6
  1. spade10
  2. heartK Q J 10 6 4 2
  3. diamond8
  4. clubA K Q J
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 - - 2
S 2 3 - - 2
E - - 3 - -
W - - 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 8 7 6 5 4 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamondK 6 5 4
  4. club9

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeK Q 3
  2. heart5
  3. diamondA 7 3 2
  4. club7 5 4 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond* Pass 3diamond
4heart Dble Pass Pass
Pass

* playing 5 card majors

The only explanation for the play at the first two tricks is that North has started with spadeAJ and South has chosen to play spadeK at trick two to show a preference for diamonds rather than clubs. That means he has diamondA and North must be doubling on a likely holding of heartA9xx. If we naively plonk heartK (or heart10 etc) on the table North will eventually win, put his partner in with diamondA and receive a trump promotion when South leads spadeQ.

Well, what can we do about it?
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