Lead Against the Grand

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 9 8 5
  2. heart10 9 8 5 4
  3. diamondA 4
  4. club4
  1. spade10 7 6 2
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondK Q 9 8 3
  4. club6 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 7 7 6
S - - 6 7 6
E 3 3 - - -
W 3 3 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondJ 10 7 5 2
  4. clubK Q J 10 9 8

Contract: 7heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade7
  1. spadeQ J 4 3
  2. heartA K Q 6 2
  3. diamond6
  4. clubA 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 4spade
Pass 4NT* Pass 5heart
Pass 5NT Pass 6diamond
Pass 7heart End

* Blackwood

I am afraid that I have been "economical with the truth" because of course the lead and bid problems come from a very closely related deal - the same one. When West was on lead against 7spade he knew that East must be very short in spades and deduced that his partner might have refrained from making a Lightner double for fear of scaring his opponents into a safer haven of 7spade - where they were known to have a fit. West duly had the courage of his convictions and led a spade. East-West +50.

What about the other table?
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