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
  1. spade5
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamondK 9 8 7 5 3
  4. clubJ 10 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 1 - 7 6
S 5 - - 7 6
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartK J 9 8 7 5 4
  3. diamond10 6 4
  4. club9

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

* weak
~ RKCB
# 2 aces + spadeQ

. . . well at least that was the theory. Unfortunately East was not playing ball and refused to hold diamondK that declarer had allocated to him. East was not squeezed and North was one off. Why hard luck? Well at the other table was 7spade was made on diamond lead(!) so at least this North-South had reached the correct contract. North was arguably unlucky in the line he took, but also because of the heart lead. Eh? Yes, West led a heart out of turn and North generously told him to put it back, waiving his right to a penalty card heart lead - from East!!! That was 20 IMPs away!

A final thought: what about leading diamondQ at trick three - takes a good West to duck without a flicker!
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