Resist the Seduction

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeQ J 9
  2. heart10 9 8 7
  3. diamondK J 9
  4. club7 6 4
  1. spadeK 10 7 6 4 2
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ 8 7 6 3
  4. club5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - 2
S - - 1 - 2
E 1 - - 3 -
W - - - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 3
  2. heartK Q 5 2
  3. diamond4
  4. clubQ J 8 3 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: heart10
  1. spade5
  2. heartJ 6 4 3
  3. diamondA 10 5 2
  4. clubA K 10 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass
1spade Pass 2spade Pass
4spade End
So, win heartA and play a diamond. North wins and leads a club to South who switches to a spade .. but it is too late. Declarer wins spadeA, cashes heartKQ discarding diamonds and cross-ruffs the next four tricks. West is down to three trumps and cannot be prevented from making two of them.

Note that had you taken the inferior line, South must play low on the first diamond lead from dummy, allowing North to win and play a second round of trumps.
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