Applause All Round

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 6 2
  2. heartQ 10 4
  3. diamondK 5 4
  4. clubA 7 6 2
  1. spade5
  2. heartK J 9 6 5 3
  3. diamondA Q J 6 3
  4. club8
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E - 1 2 2 1
W - 1 2 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 10 9 8 4 3
  2. heart2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK 10 9 5

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: clubQ
  1. spade7
  2. heartA 8 7
  3. diamond10 9 8 7 2
  4. clubQ J 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 2spade Pass
3diamond Pass 3spade Pass
4diamond Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass
Unfortunately I will have to be honest here, you must fly in with the ace, but for the life of me I cannot tell you why it's possible to reason coherently that this has to be the correct defence. Apart from the fact that it was. Perhaps someone out there can suggest a plausible reason. If East had two low hearts and one fewer clubs then the only hope for the defence would be to play low on this heart and pray that declarer guesses incorrectly. It would all be down to table presence I suppose. Indeed, at the table ..
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