Horrified to See Dummy

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 9 6 5 3
  2. heart8 6 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK 8 6 5
  1. spade10 8 7 2
  2. heartA K 10 9 7 5 4
  3. diamond7
  4. clubJ
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 3 -
S - - - 3 -
E - 4 1 - -
W - 4 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heart2
  3. diamondA K Q J 10 9 2
  4. clubQ 10 7 3 2

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeK Q 4
  2. heartQ J
  3. diamond8 6 5 4 3
  4. clubA 9 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2spade 5diamond Pass
Pass Pass
I hope it was a heart! If you lead a trump - as happened originally, declarer wins and draws trumps. Even if he decides to postpone playing hearts in the hope of developing a club/heart squeeze it will be too late for the defence. The lucky heart position will give him at least eleven tricks.

A heart switch at trick three is called for. This isolates declarer from the long hearts and he can only ever make seven trumps, two hearts and a club ruff. Of course declarer could have made two overtricks after the initial lead, so top marks go to an opening lead of clubA followed by a heart switch.
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