Careful Defence

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 6 2
  2. heart10 9 7 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 10 8 7
  1. spadeA K 9 7
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondK Q 2
  4. clubJ 9 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 3 2 - 1
W - 3 2 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 4
  2. heartK 8 5 4 3
  3. diamondJ 10 8 7 5
  4. club5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spade8 5 3
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamondA 9 6 4 3
  4. clubQ 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
2NT Pass 3diamond* 3heart
Pass 4heart End

* transfer

North discarded a club and diamondK held, South playing the three. West continued with diamondQ and North again refused to ruff, this time discarding a spade with South playing diamond4. On West's diamond2 North ditched a second club and South won diamondA. A spade switch forced declarer to rise with the ace and a club was ruffed in the dummy. Declarer cashed heartK to confirm what he already suspected about the trumps, but when North ruffed diamond10 West could only manage to make five trumps, two diamonds and two spades.

So what's the moral of the hand?
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