The Agony of Choice

Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamondJ 9
  4. clubQ J 8
Green square in centre

Contract: 2heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2

  1. spadeJ 9 7
  2. heartA K
  3. diamond
  4. club
West North East South
Pass 1spade
1NT Pass Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
"I've made four tricks and lost four, and suddenly things are looking up. I can pitch club8 and diamond9 on the hearts, and clubJ on a winning spade. Whoever ruffs this must give dummy the last two tricks. What a hero!

.... so I proceed to cash the heartAK, both following, and lead the spadeJ triumphantly, until they both discard! Now when I lead the spade9, West ruffs and I've got to guess his last card. What did he discard on the last trick? I was too triumphant to notice!!, but I recalled it was a diamond, and that East's was a club. What would you throw? I think I should still have got it right, based on the way they've played so far, but needless to say, I guessed wrong, transforming a top into a bottom."
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