Grand Slam Lead

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA K Q
  3. diamondA K Q J 5
  4. clubA J 4 2
  1. spadeK J 10 8 6 5
  2. heart10 4
  3. diamond2
  4. clubK Q 8 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 5 7 2 6
S 3 5 7 2 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 4
  2. heart7 6 3
  3. diamond9 8 6 4 3
  4. club10 7 3

Contract: 7heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeQ 9 3 2
  2. heartJ 9 8 5 2
  3. diamond10 7
  4. club9 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club# Pass 2diamond*
2spade 3diamond Pass 3heart
Pass 7heart~ End

# big
* negative
~ very big

. . . back to the original question. What should West lead?

If he leads a trump, South can engineer a trump squeeze as described above, so we'll recommend the clubK this time...

End of story? No way! Declarer plays to ruff a spade in dummy as described first and, miracle of miracles, South is able to cash all five diamonds winners without drawing the last trump beforehand and all declarer's losers disappear!!!!!!!!

So either way it's +2210 to North-South.
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