Forgetful Expert Discovery Play

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade
  2. heartA K J
  3. diamondJ 8
  4. club
Green square in centre

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeJ 10
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamond
  4. club10
West North East South
2spade*
Dble 4NT Pass 5diamond
Pass 6spade Pass Pass
Pass

* five spade, 4+ minor, 5-9

. . . while you were playing to the first two tricks, you were actually thinking about Bart and Lisa, and as a result, you have no idea whether your ten of clubs is a winner by force. You have vague recollections of seeing the ace, king and jack - but what about the queen? Was that dummy's singleton? Oh dear! You ruff a diamond back to hand, everybody following, but no king appearing. Your last 4 cards are the club ten, the last trump and two hearts. The logical thing to do is to take the heart finesse. If it loses, you still have a trump left, so you get out for one off...
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