Plenty of Possibilities

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK
  2. heartK 10 8
  3. diamondA K 10 8 7 2
  4. club10 7 4
  1. spadeJ 9 5 4
  2. heart7 3 2
  3. diamondJ 9 4 3
  4. clubK 9
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 5 4 - 1
S - 5 3 - 1
E 2 - - 3 -
W 2 - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 6 3 2
  2. heart9 4
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA J 8 6 5 3

Contract: 5heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA 8 7
  2. heartA Q J 6 5
  3. diamondQ 6 5
  4. clubQ 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond 2club 2heart
Pass 4heart 4spade Pass
5club Pass Pass 5heart
Pass Pass Pass
East would not be playing club3 from clubAJ86532, but what about clubAJ8632? Surely if he was giving a count then he'd prefer the eight or even the six, and if he wanted a spade switch he's surely drop the jack. In short, the only time club3 looks right is when he's trying to induce a diamond switch.

Maybe East was the victim of his failure to double 5heart for a lead, but West woodenly continued with a club and 5heart was now impregnable.

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