Excellent Chance Against A Less-than-vigilant Defence

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 10
  2. heart9 7 5
  3. diamondA 9 6 2
  4. clubQ 9 5
  1. spade7 6 2
  2. heartQ J 8 6
  3. diamond4
  4. clubK J 7 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - 2
S - 2 - - 2
E 4 - 2 2 -
W 4 - 2 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 8 4
  2. heartK 4 3
  3. diamondJ 10
  4. clubA 10 8 2
  1. spade9 5 3
  2. heartA 10 2
  3. diamondK Q 8 7 5 3
  4. club6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club* 1diamond
1heart 2heart~ Dble# 3diamond!

* playing strong NT
~ Unassuming cue-bid
# three hearts
! no extra values

South should duck the second trick too! It was then suggested that South plays a club when West was supposed to fly in with clubK and lead a spade, allowing East to escape a black suit end-play. In fact South can stitch up the defence simply by drawing two rounds of trumps before leading a club from hand. If West rises to play a spade then you play low from dummy to end-play East who must lead away from one of his two black honours or concede a ruff and discard. If West plays low on the first club then you ruff the enforced club return, cross to dummy with a trump, ruff the last club and play a spade to dummy's ten to end-play East.

So West must switch to a spade at trick two ..
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