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...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
...A low club to K♣ allowed a second heart ruff, and a club to A♣ accessed the third ruff. With Q♣ not falling, the plan now requires reasonably balanced distribution....
...BiddingDealer South E/W Game West leads A♥ and, assuming a heart ruff in dummy, if West holds K♣ or Q♦, all should be easy. Leading a low club towards dummy’s Q♣ seems the best move....
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All West led J♣ instantly; South indentified five losers: two diamonds, two low hearts and A♠....
...West led J♥; declarer assessed four losers. However, dummy’s K♦ can provide a discard for a club loser, with 10♠ as an entry to the table....
...This achieved, he led a low club, West rose with A♣ and led his 6♦, which East won with Q♦. No third diamond appeared but, instead, East laid down 7♠....
...West duly rose with K♣, cashed Q♠, and led a second heart. South won and could play to Q♣, but he could not safely return to hand....
...Lead J♣ from hand, West covers — if he does not, declarer runs the jack — and declarer wins with dummy’s K♣....
...To succeed wherever Q♠ and K♦ lie, West must be stripped of a safe way of getting off lead once he wins the first finesse....
...He crossed to dummy’s A♦, and led a low spade towards his K♠, losing to West’s A♠. West switched to 10♦, taken with dummy’s K♦. Q♠ and a spade ruff in hand followed, eliminating the suit....
...Declarer won K♣ in dummy, played to A♣, and ruffed a low club in dummy. Danger seemingly averted, most now played a trump, West winning....
...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....
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...He fulfilled his plan by pitching dummy’s 3♦ on K♣, giving up two diamonds and ruffing the final one for his tenth trick....
...If West could cover 10♥ with J♥, declarer would play Q♥, losing to K♥. Back would come a low heart and South could play 7♥....
...But otherwise, give me a V-sweet C-suite job any time. As if anyone would....
...She played a club to dummy’s ace, cashed J♠, discarding 5♦ from hand, and then played back to her K♣. With the black suits eliminated, she now led a third round of trumps; East won....
...Now, K♠ is cashed and 5♠ ruffed in dummy, before 8♦ is played. East hops up with A♦ and leads J♦....
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...It seems a guess as to who might hold J♥ but, in fact, the odds are clear: there are two chances to one that it is East who holds J♥....
...West led J♦, South ducked in dummy, and East took his K♦, before switching to Q♥. Declarer ducked, before winning the continuation in hand....
...Trusting them, declarer laid down Q♦ and his slam was gone. East’s J♦ and a club trick left him a trick short. As so often, running off all the trumps may prove revealing....
...West led K♥, and all seemed good....
...You cash A♠ and K♠, noting that West drops Q♠ or J♠. You then cash A♦ and K♦ — and now there is a revelation! West shows out on the second round of diamonds and, what’s more, he throws away a heart!...
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