Not A Line That Immediately Springs to Mind

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 8 5
  2. heart5 4 3
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubJ 9 8 5 3
  1. spadeQ J 10 9 4 3
  2. heart10
  3. diamondQ 10 8 7 5 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - 2 - 2
S 4 - 2 - 2
E - 3 - 3 -
W - 2 - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 6 2
  2. heartK J 7 2
  3. diamondA 6 3
  4. clubA Q 6

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spade—
  2. heartA Q 9 8 6
  3. diamondK 9 4
  4. clubK 10 7 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
1spade 2heart 3NT 4club
4diamond 4spade Dble Pass
Pass 5club Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Although the play had been slightly different, for some reason South did not finesse heartQ at the table. He had a further hiccup in the play and eventually lost 300.

The correct line after leading a diamond at trick two is to finesse heartQ when East switches to a heart, ruff a low diamond and lead a high club. Say East wins clubA and continues with heartK. Declarer wins heartA, pitches a heart from dummy on diamondK, ruffs a heart and leads a trump to confine East to his two minor suit aces. +550. Incidentally, how would you fancy your chances of finding a heart lead from that West hand?
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