Unexpected And Unusual

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 5
  2. heartA K Q
  3. diamondK J 7 6 5 2
  4. club3
  1. spadeQ 9 8 6 4
  2. heart5
  3. diamondA 3
  4. clubA K 10 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - - 2
S - 4 - 1 3
E 1 - - - -
W 2 - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 3
  2. heart10 9 6 4 3 2
  3. diamondQ 9
  4. club8 7 4
  1. spadeJ 7 2
  2. heartJ 8 7
  3. diamond10 8 4
  4. clubQ J 9 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
2club* Dble Pass Pass
Pass

* 6+ club, or 5+ spade & 4+ club

North led two top hearts and declarer ruffed. Maybe taking inspiration from North in the other room, West's next card was the unsupported spadeQ, so North won the king and switched to a trump. West won South's queen with the king and led a small spade. Poor North - how could he know that South had spadeJ after West's clever play of the queen at trick three? Instead he won spadeA and switched to low diamond. West won diamondQ, finessed a trump, ruffed a spade, crossed to diamondA, cashed clubA and ran winning spades to leave South with just clubQ. East-West +380.
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