Hope For An Overtrick

Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spadeA Q 5
  2. heartJ 8 6 2
  3. diamondA K
  4. clubQ J 9 6
Green square in centre

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond3

  1. spade6 3 2
  2. heartA K Q 10 4
  3. diamond10 7 6 4
  4. clubK
West North East South
1club Pass 1heart
Pass 3heart Pass 6heart
Pass Pass Pass
At the table South just biffed 6heart - a perfectly reasonable shot when you consider that North must have good controls in the pointed suits. As West contemplates his lead, you start to worry that North should have been declarer after all - the lead will be through all those spade/diamond goodies. This would never had happened had North opened with his robust four card heart suit and you make a mental note to give up the Nabraskan poison-tipped diamond, or whatever it is, and take up Acol.

How do you play on the lead of diamond3? East-West are playing fourth best leads.
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