Only A Trick

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 2
  2. heartJ 9 4 3
  3. diamondK 9 7 3
  4. clubA Q 10
  1. spadeQ J 6 4
  2. heartK
  3. diamondA Q 6 5
  4. clubJ 7 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 4 1 4
S 2 3 4 1 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7 5 3
  2. heart8 7 6 2
  3. diamond10 2
  4. clubK 6 2

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club3
  1. spadeA 10 9
  2. heartA Q 10 5
  3. diamondJ 8 4
  4. club9 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1diamond Pass Pass 1NT
Pass 2club* Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Pass

* Stayman

Sorry about this - it was a trick question. You won't be on lead at trick two because you ducked! If you win the club declarer will know exactly where the rest of the goodies are - and that includes heartK. At the table declarer naturally took the heart finesse at trick two and after winning with the king West continued with clubs. Only now did East win clubK and South emerged with only nine tricks ... +140 was a lousy score for North-South. Look at what happened at another table.
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