Timing is the Thing

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA Q 6 5
  2. heart10 9 7 4
  3. diamondK 5
  4. club10 9 4
  1. spadeK 10 3
  2. heartK 5 3 2
  3. diamond9 4 3
  4. clubA J 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 3 1 2
S 1 3 3 1 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 7 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamond8 7 6 2
  4. clubK 6 5 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
  1. spade8 4
  2. heartA Q J 6
  3. diamondA Q J 10
  4. clubQ 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 2heart Pass 2NT
Pass 4heart End
The timing is the thing on this hand. First you must cash three diamonds, ditching a club from dummy. Then finesse spadeQ, cash the ace and ruff a spade. When you lead your fourth diamond West will ruff low but you will over-ruff and ruff dummy's last spade in hand. Although West can over-ruff but there will still be a trump in dummy for the tenth trick. A sort of dummy-reversal-declarer-trump-promotion-with-careful-timing hand. Did you get it right?
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