Oh by the Way

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade7 6 4
  2. heart7 4 3
  3. diamondJ 7 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 2
  1. spadeA 3 2
  2. heartA K 10 8 5 2
  3. diamondQ 4
  4. clubJ 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 6 6 6 1
W 1 6 6 6 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 8 5
  2. heartJ 9
  3. diamondA K 9 6 2
  4. club4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: East
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeJ 9
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamond10 8 5
  4. clubA K 9 6 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade Pass
2heart Pass 2spade Pass
4spade Pass 5club Pass
5heart Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
Maybe East should have realised, but after seeing South's spadeJ and ruffing a third round of diamonds with spadeA, he was fixated with playing North for spade9764. You don't need me to tell you what happened, do you? Oh alright - North-South scored +50.

Surely declarer should have crossed to spadeA at trick four, abandoning all silly ideas of bringing in the diamonds if they were 4-2. A much better idea ....
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