Only If I Am Very Drunk

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade5 2
  2. heartA K J 9 5
  3. diamondA
  4. clubA Q 5 3 2
  1. spadeK
  2. heart8 7 6 3
  3. diamondJ 9 8 4 3
  4. club10 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 - 6 4 6
S 5 - 6 3 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10 9 8 6
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 10 7 2
  4. clubK 8 4

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spadeJ
  1. spadeA Q 7 4 3
  2. heartQ 10 2
  3. diamondK 6 5
  4. clubJ 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart Pass 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 4heart
Pass 6heart End
While the winning line readily presents itself, a very contrite North found a ridiculous way to go down after taking too long to ponder the problem. The best line is to win spadeA, unblock diamondA, return to dummy with heartQ and cash diamondK to ditch the losing spade. The clubs certainly need to be no worse than 4-2, so declarer now runs clubJ. The finesse loses but declarer ruffs the diamond return, plays clubA, ruffs a club high and draws trumps.

So how did North go off ..?
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