Left Hand Right Hand Funny Story

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartK 10 8 5 2
  3. diamond10 7 4
  4. clubA 5 4
  1. spadeA 10 8 2
  2. heartQ J 9 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK 10 9 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 6 2 1 3
S - 6 2 1 3
E 2 - - - -
W 2 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 3
  2. heart7 6 4
  3. diamondQ 8 5
  4. clubQ J 8 2

Contract: 6NTx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeK Q 7 6
  2. heartA
  3. diamondA K J 9 6 3 2
  4. club7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 4heart Pass 6NT*
Dble Pass Pass Pass

* after long huddle

As you can now see, playing two rounds of spades is (and was!) FATAL. Declarer won, cashed diamondA, crossed to clubA, pitched a spade on heartK and picked up the diamonds courtesy of the finesse. An initial Club lead initially would have netted 1400 or so, but as it was the cost was -1680. As the English NS pair had bid 5diamond and made plus one the cost was -14 instead of +19. All this on VuGraph too.... the audience was highly amused.

So what had happened?
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