Bridge Deal of the Week (Feb 09 2007)

Problem:

West   North   East   South
                                 1NT
pass     2♣*    pass    2♦
pass    6NT     all pass

Playing in a pair event where the scoring is matchpoints, you open a 15-17 1NT with the South hand, and soon find yourself in 6NT. West leads the ♠Q, you observe that the diamond suit is the key to the hand. Three tricks in the suit will see you through. You win the first trick in dummy, and noting possible transportation issues later in the hand, decide to tackle the diamond suit immediately, leading a low diamond off of dummy. To your surprise, before the diamond has even made it to your King, East has already played the Queen. What are your thoughts?

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