Befuddled Declarer

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK Q 4
  2. heartA 4 2
  3. diamondQ 10
  4. club7 6 5 3 2
  1. spadeA 7 5 2
  2. heartK 10 9 7
  3. diamondK 2
  4. clubK 8 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 3 4 4 3
W 2 3 4 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 6 3
  2. heartQ J
  3. diamondA J 8 7 4
  4. clubA 9

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: club6
  1. spadeJ 8
  2. heart8 6 5 3
  3. diamond9 6 5 3
  4. clubQ J 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT Pass 2club Pass
2heart Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
In L's own word "OK - so I got it wrong, I ditched it. Declarer, possibly thinking club8 must be worthless, disposed of it. I can see no other explanation and certainly couldn't ask
:o))
Declarer now led heartQ from dummy, won by North, who cashed three club tricks. Declarer's 'unusual' play at trick one had blocked the clubs and so he was heading for a better score than the routine 420 chalked up in 4spade at most of the other tables. But we are sure this was not done deliberately!"
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