Hardy Luck Story Or Not

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ J 10 9 4 3
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamondA J
  4. clubA 7 6
Green square in centre

Contract: 7spade
Declarer: North
Lead: spade2
  1. spadeA K 7 6
  2. heartA 10
  3. diamondQ 2
  4. clubK Q 8 5 4
West North East South
1spade 3heart* 4NT~
Pass 5spade# Pass 7spade
Pass Pass Pass

* weak
~ RKCB
# 2 aces + spadeQ

After drawing trumps with the king and queen North played on clubs, praying for a 3-2 break. No luck there - West had four, so North had to decide whether to finesse a diamond or play for a red suit squeeze on East for the thirteenth trick. North is a player of some style and having made up his mind ruffed a fourth club, crossed to dummy's spadeA and cashed the fifth club, discarding diamondJ from hand. On the run of the remaining spades East was caught in an elegant criss-cross squeeze in the end position shown next.
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