Can You Can Safely Exit

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 6
  2. heartA 10 7 3
  3. diamondA 9
  4. clubA 10 9 7
  1. spade10 4 3 2
  2. heartK 5 2
  3. diamond8 7 6 3
  4. club4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 3 5 3 6
S 6 3 5 3 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 8 5
  2. heartQ 9 4
  3. diamondJ 10 5 2
  4. club8 5

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond7
  1. spadeK 7
  2. heartJ 8 6
  3. diamondK Q 4
  4. clubK Q J 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 2club
Pass 2NT Pass 3heart
Pass 4club Pass 4heart
Pass 6club* End

* punting

. . . you'd still be waiting, so to avoid carefully transferring the heart menace to yourself, it's vital that you exit with heartQ! If you don't, declarer will win heartA, cross to spadeK and run the trumps to squeeze you in the majors. Although 6club is the best slam - always cold on this lead if West has heart9 - 6NT can be made by strip squeezing East, but this involves some card reading by declarer and in practice most declarers in that contract went off..
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