Do We Really Notice

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 10 6 5
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 10 9 3
  4. clubJ 7 4 2
  1. spade7 2
  2. heartJ 10 3 2
  3. diamondA 5 2
  4. clubA K 6 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 4 -
S - - - 4 -
E 3 2 3 - 1
W 3 2 3 - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade8
  2. heartA K Q 5
  3. diamondJ 8 7 6
  4. clubQ 10 9 3

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeA K Q 9 4 3
  2. heart9 8 7 6
  3. diamondK 4
  4. club8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1spade
Dble* 3spade 4heart 4spade
Dble End

* negative, showing hearts

Declarer played a small diamond to the eight and king, but West ducked!!! South continued with a diamond finesse so East won the jack and punched dummy with two rounds of hearts. Declarer naturally took the ruffing diamond finesse but you can imagine his reaction when West turned up with the ace.

Well, would you have read the diamond situation correctly?

The opportunity to defend like this happens far more often we think, but it's only when a defender makes such a clever play that we really notice.
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