Palpable Frustration

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade6 5 2
  2. heartJ 9 8 6 5
  3. diamond4
  4. clubK Q 8 4
  1. spade10 9 8 7 4
  2. heart10
  3. diamond10 8 5 3
  4. clubA 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E - 5 - - 2
W 1 5 - 1 2
Green square in centre
  1. spade3
  2. heartA K 4 3
  3. diamondA K Q J 2
  4. clubJ 10 9

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeA K Q J
  2. heartQ 7 2
  3. diamond9 7 6
  4. club7 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Dble
3diamond* 3heart 5diamond Pass
Pass Pass

* pre-emptive and weak

At the table East opted for straightforward double finesse in clubs, and his frustration with the result was palpable.

A cross-ruff would have seen declarer home. After ruffing the second spade declarer leads clubJ (South might cover, simplifying matters), goes up with clubA, cashes heartAK throwing a club and exits with dummy's last club. Declarer wins the trump return but can make all his remaining trumps separately. A winning line ... but do you think it's the best available? South's double of 1diamond was horrible, but didn't it work well?!
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