Whoops A Contract

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 9
  2. heart9 8 6 2
  3. diamond5
  4. clubK Q J 10 7 3
  1. spadeA 6 5
  2. heartJ 10
  3. diamondK Q J 9 3 2
  4. clubA 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 7 5 1 5
W - 7 5 1 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J
  2. heartA K 7 4 3
  3. diamondA 10 8 4
  4. club8 2

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: West
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeK 8 7 4 3 2
  2. heartQ 5
  3. diamond7 6
  4. club9 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 2club 2heart Pass
3NT Pass 4diamond Pass
4spade Pass 6diamond Pass
Pass Pass
Whoops!

Of course West could have played the contract better. Apart from the missing out on the favourable spade position, if he is prepared to take a chance on the hearts being no worse than 4-2 then he should cash just one initial trump, ruff out the hearts as before and only then draw the last trump by crossing back to dummy. After pitching his club loser on the fifth heart he can then take the spade finesse quite unconcernedly. Thirteen tricks.
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