Lead the Way

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 6 5
  2. heartJ 10 8 3 2
  3. diamond10 8 2
  4. club10 7
  1. spadeK Q 9 3
  2. heartA Q 5
  3. diamond6 3
  4. clubJ 9 8 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 1 3 - 3 2
W 1 3 - 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 2
  2. heart7 6
  3. diamondK Q J 7 5 4
  4. club6 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: club10
  1. spadeJ 7 4
  2. heartK 9 4
  3. diamondA 9
  4. clubA K Q 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1NT
Dble 2diamond* Pass 2heart
Dble Pass 3diamond Pass
3NT End

* transfer to 2heart

My compliments if you chose a club - not easy to find on paper, let alone at the table - yet Phoebe Gong of Chinese Taipei unerringly led club10.

Recognise this hand? It's quite a famous one - have a look back at the article of 12th Dec 2000. North led heartJ against 3NT after a very similar auction. South won the second diamond and, deducing that declarer had four clubs, led a low one! West, one of the world's very best players, went up with the jack!!!!
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