The Style the Elegance the Panache

Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spadeA K 8 4 2
  2. heartK 9 7
  3. diamond7
  4. clubA 7 4 2
  1. spade10 9 5
  2. heart10 8 4 2
  3. diamondK Q 6 3
  4. clubJ 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - 1 4 1
S 3 - - 4 1
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 3
  2. heartA Q 6
  3. diamondA 10 8 4
  4. club9 8 6 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondK

  1. spadeQ J 6
  2. heartJ 5 3
  3. diamondJ 9 5 2
  4. clubK Q 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT*
Pass 2heart~ Pass 2spade
Pass 3club# Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass

* mini
~ transfer
# invitational

Had West started with four clubs and heartA you may have gone down (with a bad heart guess) when a straightforward heart towards the king produced ten tricks. But where is the style, the elegance, the panache in that line?
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