Laziness Went Unpunished

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q J
  2. heartA J 6
  3. diamond9 8 2
  4. clubQ 8 5 2
  1. spade10
  2. heart10 9 5 2
  3. diamondA K 6 5 4
  4. clubJ 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - 3 3 2
S 4 - 3 3 2
E - 1 - - -
W - 1 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 6 5 4 2
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondQ J 7 3
  4. clubK 7
  1. spadeA 9 7 3
  2. heartK Q 8 4
  3. diamond10
  4. clubA 10 9 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT* Pass 2club~
Pass 2diamond Pass 3club
Pass 3heart Pass 3spade
Pass 4club Pass 5club
End

* 12-14
~ Stayman

West has given you a chance with his opening lead, so it's just a question of avoiding the spade ruff, but the winning line is not necessarily the one that immediately springs to mind as the best. You have win the spade lead in dummy and play to take a double club finesse, either by leading clubQ or leading a low club to the nine. This keeps East off lead and prevents the potential spade ruff. If West can resist the temptation of cashing a high diamond at trick one then a spade ruff is always available, but it takes good judgement for West to underlead diamondAK in order to put the contract down.

I bet that you can guess what actually happened .
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