Interesting Run-of-the-mill Affair

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 8 7
  2. heartA 10 7 5
  3. diamondA J 8 7
  4. club7 4
  1. spadeK 4 3 2
  2. heartK 9 3 2
  3. diamond4 2
  4. clubA 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 1 3 4 3
W 1 1 3 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 10 6
  2. heartQ 6 4
  3. diamondK Q 10
  4. clubK 10 9

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: heartJ
  1. spade9 5
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamond9 6 5 3
  4. clubQ J 8 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass Pass 1NT* Pass
2club Pass 2spade Pass
4spade End

* 15-17

If you decided to play low then you would have probably made this contract. South is endplayed and has to lead a minor, with a deceptive clubJ as the most likely route out of a defensive corner.. East could guess wrongly. At the table East covered South's heart8 with the nine and North won to fire a club through. After a diamond to the king declarer found himself stuck in hand and eventually drifted one off. So?
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