Love It Or Hate It

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 5
  2. heartK 5
  3. diamondJ 6 3
  4. clubK J 7 4 2
  1. spadeA 6
  2. heartQ 10 7 6 4
  3. diamondA Q 4
  4. clubA 9 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - - 2 -
S 2 - - 2 -
E - 1 2 - -
W - 1 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7 4 2
  2. heartJ 8 3
  3. diamond10 8 7 5
  4. clubQ 8

Contract: 1NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heart6
  1. spadeK J 9 3
  2. heartA 9 2
  3. diamondK 9 2
  4. club10 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
1heart Pass Pass 1NT
Pass Pass Pass
If you follow it through then you will realise that it must be right to ditch clubA! If you retain it then South will lead a club to the king and exit with one to force you to lead away from diamondAQ, but if you clear the way for East to win clubQ then a diamond through will hold declarer to six tricks.

I'm sure that you would have found it at the table - no sweat! Oh yes, I reckon East should have protected with 2heart at pairs - so West wasn't really on his own after all!
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