This happened yesterday on our table. E/W ended in a reasonable slam. But it is not easy to make as you will notice if you try. I led a small trump which makes it even a bit more difficult. So, how do you play? The declarer on my table failed.
You know due to my fearless bid that South has 7 clubs, leaving one for North. You will need to ruff two clubs in the hand. The position of the ♦Q is not that sure, although North is more likely to hold it. If you guess correctly, you can discard one more club on the ♠A. But you do not have to guess, in fact.
There is an often overlooked trick. You can discard a diamond on the A, ruff two clubs high on the table, return to the hand with a spade ruff and draw all trumps. At that time, you have only the three clubs, but South holds also three clubs. You can now play a low club and make your contract, because South has to play into the club finesse.
Note that it is essential to strip all other cards from South as it happens in this board. If he was left with two clubs and another suit, the trick would not work.
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