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As it happened South was a highly competent declarer and saw the obvious play as a potentially dangerous illusion. He played low trick one and won the club return (a diamond is better). Q was ducked but declarer cashed A, crossed to K and carefully pitched a club on K. West won A and eventually a trump trick, but that was all. Declarer could have made eleven tricks as the play went, but he kept his eye on the real goal of ensuring at least +620.

Note that it's not necessarily so easy if South starts with A, AK to throw dummy's diamond. When South leads Q West wins A and continues with a club. Now declarer has to be careful not to run into a trump promotion, although ten tricks should still be made.
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