Another Day Another Lead

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartA K 10 9 5 3
  3. diamondA Q 6
  4. clubA K J 7
  1. spadeJ 8 7 6 4 3 2
  2. heart6 4 2
  3. diamond2
  4. club5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 4 6 4 6
S 5 3 5 4 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade5
  2. heartQ 7
  3. diamondK J 7 5 4 3
  4. clubQ 9 8 6

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: North
Lead: diamond5
  1. spadeA K Q 10 9
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamond10 9 8
  4. club10 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 2club Pass 2spade
Pass 3heart Pass 3spade
Pass 3NT Pass 6NT
Pass Pass Pass
If you led a spade I take my hat off to you. Declarer would then have little realistic chance of making the contact - unless he was feeling particularly inspired by dropping the queen of hearts offside and exiting with diamondQ. If East wins he his end-played and if he ducks then he can be ... End-played.

Alternatively if declarer runs heartJ for a finesse then East can prevail by returning a heart immediately.

Of course, on other lead the contract is absolutely cold, isn't it? In the other room .
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