Too Quickly Club

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartJ 10 3
  3. diamondK Q J 10 9 7 6
  4. clubQ 6
  1. spadeJ 9 7 2
  2. heartQ 8 6 2
  3. diamond5 4
  4. club9 7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 5 2 1 1
S 2 5 2 1 1
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 8 6 5
  2. heartA 9 4
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubK 10 8 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
  1. spadeA K 4 3
  2. heartK 7 5
  3. diamond8 3
  4. clubA J 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1spade
Pass 2diamond Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
Well put it down again fast before anyone notices! You have just gone down in a cold contract. The correct answer is "NO! I do not play the king of hearts at trick two." Why? Well you should have played it at trick one! Otherwise East switches to a spade at trick two, holds up on the first round of diamonds, and you never get to make your diamond winners. By playing your heartK under the ace, you have created another entry to dummy in heartJ10 of hearts. Did I get this right? Afraid not, I have just been enrolled in the Playing-too-quickly-at-trick-one club.
:-(
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