The obvious lead of a low diamond does not succeed, however.

West made the obvious lead of the heart king, and South ruffed in the dummy.

But he was still the only obvious lead; how to find out more about him wasn't so obvious.

Against five diamonds, West made the obvious lead of a top heart, which proved fatal.

The obvious lead was a heart, after which the slam would have succeeded.

"How will you feel, ten years from now, when we're still searching, knowing we passed up this obvious lead?"

It had eliminated his only obvious lead in the case.

The obvious lead at this point was the heart jack, but that would have given South no trouble.

West made the obvious lead of the heart ace for down one and South had no trouble making the remaining tricks, losing 100.

Seven hearts was not entirely satisfactory and would have been beaten by the obvious lead of the heart king.