Four diamonds would have been easy to make since the potential club loser is eventually discarded on the heart jack.

Dummy's last diamond will take care of the club loser.

Any return would permit South to avoid a club loser.

It appears that South has both a heart and a club loser.

South could have discarded his club loser and taken the rest without difficulty.

If this had won, he would have been able to dispose of his club loser.

But he did slightly better by playing diamonds immediately to discard his club losers.

The club loser disappeared from the closed hand, and the game was made.

Now South had to find a way to avoid a club loser.

South, however, is likely to lead low to the jack, which offers a better chance of avoiding two club losers.