Hints and tips:
...Eccentrically, if East plays low, declarer should rise with A♦ but, here, when East plays K♦, declarer must duck! This strands East on lead....
...If West ducks, declarer loses no diamond trick, and can follow with K♣ and a third club, ruffing the fourth one high in dummy. As it is, West almost certainly rises with K♦, and returns his last club....
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...At trick two, South ducks East’s Q♣; West does not ruff. East continues with J♣; South plays K♣ perforce, West will ruff and switch to a spade....
...Duck the lead twice. On the third heart, East discards a diamond; you win with A♥....
...When establishing extra club tricks, when West plays Q♣, declarer should duck in dummy, hoping that West will retain the trick (even if East held K♣, it could cost his side a trick to overtake)....
...If so, to ensure that an unblocking finesse position exists, declarer must lead 9♦ to dummy’s K♦ and 8♦ to dummy’s Q♦....
...Duck trick 1 and win the continuation with K♥. Cross to dummy’s A♣ and lead 2♦, taking the finesse when East plays low. West wins K♦ and leads a third heart, clearing the suit....
...Declarer ducks the heart return and wins the third round, knowing that East is now void in hearts, but that West holds two heart winners. South can now safely try an extra alternative line....
...To that end, when declarer wins trick 1 in dummy with K♥, and leads 5♦, East hops up with A♦. She returns a trump, which South wins in hand....
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...So, West led K♣! This blows dummy’s A♣ prematurely and declarer’s plan is rendered useless. J♣ works the same way, but K♣ is more beautiful....
...If East ducks the finesse, declarer has made an extra trick there, and can now return to clubs, pushing out A♣, and claiming nine tricks whatever West leads next....
...If declarer covers with J♣, West rises with K♣. If declarer ducks, so does West....
...When East plays J♣, South wins A♣, draws all the trumps and plays a club to dummy’s K♣. Now, 10♣ is led; if East covers, declarer ruffs; if East ducks, declarer runs it....
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...West cannot prevail: if he takes K♥, dummy’s Q♥ now provides a discard for the third club from hand; if he ducks, hearts are not established, but declarer loses only one club at the end....
...K♠ led. At most forms of scoring, you play safely. West’s overcall marks him with five spades, so East holds, at most, three. Therefore, declarer should duck spades twice, winning on the third round....
...At trick 2, 6♦ is led, West ducks; K♦ wins. South returns to hand with K♣, and leads 7♦. Now, West must play A♦ and dummy plays low. This allows South to score three diamond tricks....
...Now, when South lost the club finesse to West’s K♣, West could cash diamond winners to defeat the contract by three tricks Declarer should not duck trick 1....
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...Most declarers would probably duck this, at which point East would lead 9♥ and South would discover the terrible news....
...At trick 2, she should get to hand via, say, K♣ and lead 2♦ . Here, West plays Q♦ and declarer ducks in dummy, stranding West on lead, protecting South’s ♥ K5 from attack....
...South wins the lead in hand with A♠, draws two rounds of trumps, and then cashes K♠ and ruffs dummy’s last spade in hand. This eliminates spades as a safe exit for his opponents....
...This is known as a “Strong Ten” method: if West leads 10♣ , he promises Q♣ , K♣ or A♣ also....
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