Sight of Dummy Gives You Hope

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 2
  2. heartQ J 9
  3. diamondJ 6 2
  4. club9 8 5 4 2
  1. spadeA Q 7 6 5
  2. heartK 7
  3. diamondQ 10 9 8
  4. clubJ 10
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 1 3 - 1
S 4 2 4 - 2
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 4 3
  2. heart8 4 2
  3. diamond7 5 3
  4. clubQ 7 6

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubJ
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartA 10 6 5 3
  3. diamondA K 4
  4. clubA K 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade Pass 2spade Dble
Pass 3club Pass 3heart
Pass 4heart End
. . . if you choose to exit with a low heart it removes the chance of a second end-play. Even if declarer drops your heartK then he'll still have three black suit losers, and if he let's you win the second round with heartK then you will be end-played but only to concede a ninth trick, not a tenth.

The big mistake would be to exit with heartK at trick six. Declarer will win, cross to dummy with a trump and lead a spade to the nine. Now you really will be end-played for a second time and ten tricks will roll in. Meanwhile, any thoughts on declarer's line ..?
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