Deal 7     6NT	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣		WEST   NORTH   EAST   SOUTH 2NT pass 6NT pass pass pass The bidding has been as shown. The contract is 6NT and it is your lead. When you have made your choice click NEXT .
♠ K J 9 4 3 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 8 2 ♣ 10 6 2		♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
	♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

 

Deal 7     6NT	♠ 8 7 2 ♥ K 8 7 ♦ K Q J ♣ A 8 5 4		Lead the ♥6. You held this identical hand in Deal 3. The declarer was playing 3NT and the best lead was the ♠4, fourth down. It's different when the conract is 6NT. Against 6NT you should make a passive lead, which means don't underlead any honors. Against 6NT you have little chance of establishing a suit to win four or five tricks. Instead, you just want to try to not give declarer an undeserved trick. So any passive lead would be OK, you pick the ♥ just because they are less likely to have an unbid 4-card Major in either hand. Declarer has 11 winners sitting there; if you had led a low ♠ you would have handed him his 12 trick on a platter.  Deal 8
♠ K J 9 4 3 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 8 2 ♣ 10 6 2		♠ 10 5 ♥ J 10 4 2 ♦ 9 6 5 4 3 ♣ J 9
	♠ A Q 6 ♥ A Q 9 ♦ A 10 7 ♣ K Q 7 3