Cash Them All

Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spade10
  2. heartA K 10 9 8 7 3 2
  3. diamondK Q
  4. club10 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 5 4 3 2
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondA 9 5 3
  4. clubQ 9 2

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeK

West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade Pass
4heart Pass 5heart Pass
6heart End
The choice is a very personal one of style, but no doubt both 1heart and 4heart (or its South African Texas counterpart) will have its fans. I quite like a semi-psychic and inhibitory 2club - favoured on occasion by the likes of John Collings.

At the table East-West reached a lousy slam and North leads spadeK. Your immediate thoughts are that the contract has virtually no legitimate play, other than clubAK singleton or the outstanding seven diamonds breaking 2-2. Ignoring these unlikely possibilities, and diamondJ10 doubleton, how do you play?
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