Not Much of A Reward

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade2
  2. heart8 4 2
  3. diamond9 7 6 5 2
  4. clubK 10 8 6
  1. spadeK Q J 10
  2. heartJ 5
  3. diamondA Q
  4. club7 5 4 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 - 3 6 3
W 2 - 2 6 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 8 7 6 4
  2. heartA K 7 6
  3. diamondJ 10 3
  4. clubA

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: West
Lead: spade2
  1. spadeA 5 3
  2. heartQ 10 9 3
  3. diamondK 8 4
  4. clubQ J 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 3heart Pass
3NT Pass 4NT Pass
5diamond Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
You only have eleven tricks - six trumps, two hearts, two diamonds and a club. That's assuming the diamond finesse works of course, and maybe South started with diamondKx, so you do a little cross-ruffing anyway. Win the spade at trick two, club to the ace, diamond finesse, club ruff, diamond to the ace, club ruff, heartAK and a heart ruff. Now when you ruff a third club your last one is established. Great, but the only problem is that you only have one trump left and cannot back to hand except via a ruff. This is the position.
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