Experts Are Fallible

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartQ 6 4
  3. diamondQ J 7
  4. club7 6 5 3 2
  1. spade7 5 4
  2. heartK 9 8 5 2
  3. diamond8 6 3
  4. clubK 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - - 1 -
S 2 - - 1 -
E - 2 3 - 2
W - 2 3 - 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 6
  2. heartA 10 7 3
  3. diamondK 10 9 2
  4. clubA 10

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeK Q 10 9 3
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondA 5 4
  4. clubQ J 9 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 1spade
2heart Pass 2NT Pass
4heart End
I hope not! North flies in with diamondQ over dummy's eight, East covers, so South must duck! North can now win the second diamond with the jack while South still retains his diamondA entry. North switches back to South's first suit and the defence have established four tricks. One off!
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