Overtrick Or Two Light

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K 10 5 4 2
  3. diamond9 2
  4. clubJ 8 7 4 3
  1. spadeA 9 8 7 6 5 2
  2. heartJ 8 7
  3. diamondQ 3
  4. clubK
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - 5 - -
S 4 - 5 - -
E - 1 - 3 -
W - 1 - 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 4 3
  2. heart9 3
  3. diamondA K 8 7 6 5
  4. club2

Contract: 6clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeQ J
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamondJ 10 4
  4. clubA Q 10 9 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1diamond 2club
2spade 4diamond* 4spade Pass
Pass 5club 5spade Pass
Pass 6club Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* ostensibly a splinter

South finessed and went two light when a play of clubA would have brought home an overtrick. It's easy to say with hindsight but maybe West would have done more with a void club and East might have been more inclined to double 5club with clubKx.

As you can see, North can defeat 5spade by two tricks. heartA, club switch, heartK and another heart promotes a trump winner for South.
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