Sensible Play With Straightforward Card Reading

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 10 6 3
  2. heartA J 4
  3. diamond7 5
  4. club10 6 3
  1. spade9 8 7 4
  2. heart—
  3. diamondQ J 9 4
  4. clubQ J 9 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 3 - 1
S - - 3 - 1
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 2
  2. heartK 10 8 6 5
  3. diamond10 6 2
  4. clubA 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubQ
  1. spade5
  2. heartQ 9 7 3 2
  3. diamondA K 8 3
  4. clubK 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2diamond
Pass 3heart Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
If East has been telling the truth then the contract is now double-dummy! East is marked with two clubs (he didn't return one at trick four), three spades (jack fell in three), three diamonds and therefore all five missing trumps!

At the table declarer ruffed the diamond with heartA, East under-ruffing, and led a fourth spade from the dummy. After over-ruffing East's heart8, declarer led a trump to the jack and king. East's heart106 sat conveniently under South's heartQ7 and the contract was made for the loss of only one trump trick! Note that South had done nothing extraordinary - just played the cards logically. As for East, no doubt he was disappointed, but he could have defeated the contact by returning a trump at trick two.
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