Safety At Match Points

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Butler IMPs
  1. spade6 5 3
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondA K 10 8 3
  4. club10 7 6
Green square in centre

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA J 10 2
  2. heartA K Q J 5 4
  3. diamondQ 9
  4. clubA
West North East South
2club*
Pass 3diamond Pass 3heart
Pass 4heart Pass 6heart
Pass Pass Pass

* GF

. . . you can afford to play safely for your contract, adopting the line to give the best chance of twelve tricks. This is best achieved by winning clubA, drawing trumps and finessing against diamondJ immediately by leading diamond9 (not the queen) and inserting the ten. If that loses to the jack then you can win the return and overtake diamondQ with dummy's ace giving you four diamond tricks on any 4-2 or 3-3 diamond break. What if the finesse of diamond10 wins?
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