Excessive Bidding Brilliant Play

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeK 10 8 5 4 3
  2. heart
  3. diamond
  4. club
  1. spade9
  2. heart7
  3. diamondQ J 5 2
  4. club
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J
  2. heart
  3. diamond10
  4. clubQ 10 6

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: West
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeQ
  2. heart
  3. diamond9 8 7 6
  4. clubK J
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
1heart 1spade 2club Pass
3diamond Pass 3NT Pass
4diamond Pass 4heart Pass
4NT Pass 5diamond Pass
6heart End
. . . with South still to play at trick seven. West needs all the remaining tricks. South cannot discard a diamond or West's suit becomes good, but if he discards a club West can cross to diamond10, ruff out clubK, cash diamondQJ and cross back to spadeA for the rest. South's only hope is to ditch spadeQ, but a finesse of spadeJ and then spadeA finish South off
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