You Must Look Uninterested

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade3
  2. heartK 9 8 7 5 2
  3. diamondK 10 7 2
  4. clubK 10
  1. spadeQ 8 5 4
  2. heartJ 4 3
  3. diamondQ J 5 4 3
  4. clubQ
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 4 - 3
S - 2 4 - 3
E 2 - - 1 -
W 2 - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 7 2
  2. heartA
  3. diamond9
  4. clubJ 9 7 6 4 3 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeK J 10 6
  2. heartQ 10 6
  3. diamondA 8 6
  4. clubA 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2diamond* Pass 2NT~
Pass 3club# Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass

* Multi
~ enquiry
# weak 2heart, upper range

Oh alright - all is revealed. You have to display nerves of steel and unhesitatingly play low when declarer eventually leads the spade from dummy.

Partner sensibly exits with a trump at trick four, so South takes two rounds ending in dummy and leads spade3. You must look uninterested and play low. Yes declarer might get it right but it's a guess. If you rise with spadeA then as sure as eggs is eggs South will make the contract with a ruffing finesse against your partner's spadeQ. Either that or the run of the trumps will squeeze him in the pointed suits. These ducking plays always look easier on paper than at the table, but it's suprising how few declarers will actually go in with the king when faced with this type of decision.
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