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...If — as here — East holds the master trump, declarer can score J♣ “en passant”, ruffing when East fails to ruff, or discarding his spade loser when, as he did, East ruffs in....
...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....
...East has shown up with ♠AJ; if he also held K♦, surely he would have raised to 2S?...
...this — but he led a lame club to declarer’s K♣ in hand; J♦ followed....
...He rose with A♦, laid down K♣ — pinning South’s J♣ — and then continued with 7♣, allowing East to score both his 10♣ and A♣, which set the contract....
...However, when West continues with K♥ and J♥, you ruff high in dummy and East shows out. How does that change your plans? West is now marked with six hearts headed by ace-king-jack....
...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....
...When East takes his A♥, and switches to K♦, South wins, noting West’s play of 10♦. Fearing a diamond ruff now, declarer cashes ♥KQ and pitches a diamond from dummy....
...If he pitches the heart, declarer ruffs with a low trump and still has K♠ as his 12th trick; if East ruffs in, declarer discards his heart loser and scores his last two trump tricks....
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...Eccentrically, if East plays low, declarer should rise with A♦ but, here, when East plays K♦, declarer must duck! This strands East on lead....
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...When West passes, North’s forced 2D response promises nothing, but South must hope that North holds something to make game a good shot: a couple of low spades, plus K♥ or J♣ make it pretty much lay-down....
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...Now, declarer’s carefully preserved 3♠ comes to the fore: overtaken in dummy with 4♠, and J♦ cashed, on which South can pitch a low heart. Still in dummy, a heart can be led towards K♥....
...Now, he can lead a diamond and, whatever East plays, declarer covers it. Let’s say that East rises with 10♦, J♦ is played and West wins with K♦....
...Here, declarer led a low trump from dummy and took his A♠, before next playing to K♠....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led 10♥, which ran to East’s J♥. East cashed A♥ and led K♥, which declarer ruffed. What is the best line now? Only one successful minor suit finesse is required....
...You draw trumps: East holds both A♥ and K♥. He returns a club each time he wins....
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...East might have kept open his options by discarding Q♦ under the first round of the suit and then, when West led 10♦ subsequently, discarding J♦ under dummy’s second top honour....
...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....
...He pulls the final trump, crosses to J♦, and ruffs a third spade with his last trump....
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