Rarity of Belladonna Getting It Wrong

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 9 2
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamondQ 2
  4. clubA Q 7 3 2
  1. spade8 3
  2. heart7 6 4
  3. diamond10 9
  4. clubK 9 8 6 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 - - -
S - 4 - - -
E 1 - 3 1 -
W 1 - 3 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 10 7 4
  2. heartA K Q J 9 2
  3. diamondK
  4. clubJ

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: club10
  1. spade6 5
  2. heart10 5
  3. diamondA J 8 7 6 5 4 3
  4. club10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club* Dble 3diamond
Pass Pass 4heart End

* 4 spade, at least 5 club, 11-15

The winning line is to draw another round of trumps and exit with spadeJ. North is end-played. He has three equally unpalatable alternatives.
a) clubA allows declatrer to establish the club suit for many discards
b) on a low club declarer can run it around to dummy and can now establish either black suit
c)a spade gives declarer the opportunity for a necessary finesse, a ruff then establishing the suit.

At the table Georgio Belladonna tried to drop South's spade honour on the second round of the suit - surely against the odds.
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