The Dangerous Double

Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spadeQ 8 5 2
  2. heartA Q 9 6 4
  3. diamond7
  4. clubA K 9
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 9 3
  2. heart8 7 5 3
  3. diamondA J 6 5
  4. clubJ 6

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: West
Lead: club4

West North East South
1heart Pass 2heart Pass
2spade Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Dble Pass Pass
Pass
OK, so it's only a fifteen count, but it's a nice shape and you'd feel reasonably confident of making nine tricks. Michal Kwiecien of Poland certainly felt so, for he make a game try of 2spade and his partner leapt to the heart game.

The hands fit very well, so you appear to have made a good decision in going on - or at least you might have thought so without the final double. Now you have to justify all this optimism, so how would you play on the lead of club4?
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