Kudos given

Dealer: S Vul: All		North
		♠	QJ872
		♥	A873
		♦	A85
		♣	3
West				East
♠	9			♠	54
♥	Q9			♥	KJ642
♦	QJ642			♦	9
♣	KT874			♣	AJ965
		South
		♠	AKT63
		♥	T5
		♦	KT73
		♣	Q2

A tip of the hat to the defender from this hand.  East-West found the good save of 5♣ against 4♠, and I incorrectly judged to bid on.  Against my partner’s 5♠, a club was led to the Ace and a diamond to the Ten, Jack, and Ace.

Declarer drew trumps with the Ace and King, ruffed a club, and played Ace and another heart.  Had East played low, his partner would have been endplayed, so he smartly hopped up with the King. A club ruff-slough would have been fatal, so he correctly judged to return a low heart which give up one trick, but that was not enough discards for declarer, and the contract went down.