Two Good Alternatives

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade4
  2. heartA 8 7 5 4
  3. diamondA Q 10 5 4
  4. clubA 4
  1. spadeK Q 10 2
  2. heart3 2
  3. diamond3
  4. clubJ 8 7 6 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 5 - 3
S - 2 5 - 3
E 3 - - 4 -
W 3 - - 4 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 8 7 5 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK J 8 7 2
  4. clubK Q 10

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeA 9 6
  2. heartK Q J 10 9 6
  3. diamond9 6
  4. club9 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 3diamond Pass 3heart
Pass 4club Pass 4heart
Pass 4spade Pass 6heart
End
This is the distribution that you must guard against (or one of them). You draw trumps, cash diamondA and return to hand with a trump. You now lead diamond9 and when West shows out you play low from dummy. You win the club switch with the ace and now play a ruffing finesse against East's diamondK. You can enter dummy with a spade ruff and discard you club loser on diamond10.

What about this alternative distribution?
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