Little Old Lady Triumphs

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10 9 3 2
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamondK 8
  4. club10 9 7 6 2
  1. spade7 6 4
  2. heartJ 5 4
  3. diamond9 7 4
  4. clubK J 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 6 6 1 2
W 2 6 6 1 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA
  2. heartA Q 10 9 7
  3. diamondA Q J 6 5 2
  4. clubA

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: spade10
  1. spadeK Q J 8 5
  2. heartK 8 2
  3. diamond10 3
  4. clubQ 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 2diamond* Pass
2heart~ Pass 3diamond Pass
4diamond Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Pass

* GF
~ negative

After I had cursed myself for not leading diamond8, the s-y-l took a 13% line to twelve tricks when she played a small heart to the jack, finessed a diamond and cashed heartA. When the king failed to appear (surprise, surprise!) she cashed diamondA and this horrible line led to twelve tricks. I am indebted to Anthony Golding for a more thorough analysis, but it looks much better to advance heartQ at trick 2, hoping that North isn't good enough to hold off with Kxx,

What about 6diamond?
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