Mesmerising Effect

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 6 4
  2. heartA 5
  3. diamond7 6 4 3
  4. clubQ 10 7 3
  1. spadeK J 9 8 2
  2. heart10 6 4
  3. diamondK J 5 2
  4. clubA
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 3 4 - 5 1
W 3 4 - 5 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 7
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamondA 10 8
  4. clubK 6 5 4 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: heartA
  1. spade5 3
  2. heartK Q 9 7 3 2
  3. diamondQ 9
  4. clubJ 9 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2heart*
2spade Pass 3heart~ Pass
4spade End

* Lucas: 5 card major, 4 card minor
~ good spade raise

How about a trump! This seemingly innocuous play seemed to have a mesmerising effect on declarer at the table. Instead of over-ruffing, unblocking clubA and playing to establish the clubs using dummy's trumps as entries, declarer inferred from North's ruff of his partner's winner that he was trying to protect minor suit values - specifically diamondQ. A finesse of dummy's diamond10 led to a mere 620 and a very good score for North-South.
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