West Was Not Amused

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K J 8 3
  2. heartQ 2
  3. diamondJ 10
  4. clubA 10 6 3
  1. spade9 7 5 2
  2. heartK J
  3. diamond6 5 3
  4. club9 8 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 7 4 5 4 6
S 7 3 5 4 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 6 4
  2. heart7 5 3
  3. diamondK 8 7 4 2
  4. clubQ

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: club2
  1. spade—
  2. heartA 10 9 8 6 4
  3. diamondA Q 9
  4. clubK J 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2club
Pass 2diamond* Pass 3heart
Pass 4club Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass

* 4SF

Declarer had been fascinated to see East pitch a heart on third club and, giving his naive opponent every chance to go wrong, South drew the last trump with dummy's ten...

.. East threw his other "useless" heart!!! South pitched diamondQ9 on spadeAK and played a heart to the ace dropping West's jack. West was not amused.

You can see that 6heart is a also a possible contract, but that goes off on a club lead. 6NT would be successful however, ... as long as the double heart finesse doesn't prove too tempting!
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