Lulling the Defence

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 9 7
  2. heartA K 2
  3. diamond9 8 7 3 2
  4. clubQ 4
Green square in centre

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeA J 6
  2. heartJ 10 8
  3. diamondA Q 10
  4. clubJ 8 3 2
West North East South
Pass 1diamond*
Dble Rdble Pass 1NT
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
End

* playing strong club

It looks almost automatic to duck because West has probably led from the queen, but whatever is played from dummy at trick one you will still have to guess how to play the diamonds.

Let's say that you decide to win in dummy and lead a diamond - which diamond would you play from hand when East plays low?
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