There Was A Subtle Reason

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 10 3 2
  2. heart4 3
  3. diamondA K 10 9
  4. clubK 8 2
  1. spade9 8
  2. heart10 2
  3. diamondQ 8 7 3 2
  4. clubQ J 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 4 1 2
S - 1 4 - -
E 4 - - - -
W 4 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 7 6 5
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamond6
  4. clubA 10 9 6 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade9
  1. spadeA 4
  2. heartK J 9 8 7 6 5
  3. diamondJ 5 4
  4. club5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade 3heart*
Pass 3NT Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass

* pre-emptive

At the table South took the attractive option of pitching his losing club, but West ruffed and returned a diamond after seeing his partner's spade7. South guessed wrongly to go up with the king and East ruffed. Although South was able to ruff clubA he was cut off from dummy's winners and eventually lost diamondJ to go two off.

There was a subtle reason why South might have made the correct decision on the third round of spades - do you see what it was?
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