Elegance Denied

Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spade4
  2. heartQ 9 7
  3. diamondA Q 8 5 4 3
  4. clubQ 6 2
Green square in centre

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spade3

  1. spadeJ
  2. heartA 5 4
  3. diamondK 10 2
  4. clubA K J 10 5 4
West North East South
1club
Pass 1diamond 1spade 3club
4spade 5club Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Looking at the two hands in isolation you'd definitely want to be in 6club, but that's not the issue. You're not seriously going to run this heart around to dummy's heartQ, are you? West will win heartK and switch to a diamond - for surely East must be void and has doubled for a lead. You must therefore go up with heartA and draw two preliminary rounds of trumps ending in hand. No luck - East has three as expected. You will have to draw the last trump now, but how will you play the diamonds?
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