A Little Joke

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Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade—
  2. heart5 3 2
  3. diamondJ 8 7 5
  4. clubK 10 9 8 7 6
  1. spade10 8 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamond10 9 6 4 3 2
  4. club5 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 - 3 1 1
S 7 - 4 1 1
E - 2 - - -
W - 2 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartK J 9 7 4
  3. diamondA K Q
  4. clubQ J

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: East
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeJ 9 7 6 5 4
  2. heartA Q 10 8 6
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3club Dble Pass
3diamond Pass 4heart Dble
Pass Pass Pass
South led ace and another club and North continued the suit for a ruff and over-ruff. North ruffed the spade return and reverted to clubs. This pattern continued until South over-ruffed East's heartJ, drew the last trump and claimed the rest. East could have made at least two tricks by "careful" play . fat lot of good that would have done! East's best chance of a good score was to pass 3diamond!

The deal was originally reported in the month of April many years ago. I reckon someone who dealt the cards was having a little joke, don't you?
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