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...South reached for Q♠, East won and immediately switched to Q♦, continuing when South ducked. Winning the second round, declarer drew trumps, and advanced Q♣ from hand....
...Using this information, South rejects the diamond finesse and, instead, seeks two diamond winners on which to discard his two club losers from hand....
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...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game North’s 3H showed a game-going raise in spades; South’s 4H was a cue-bid....
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...Here, declarer led a low trump from dummy and took his A♠, before next playing to K♠....
...East took A♠, returned 2♠, and South won deceptively with K♠ in hand....
...this — but he led a lame club to declarer’s K♣ in hand; J♦ followed....
...Therefore, if South rises with A♠ at trick one, gets to hand with A♦ and takes the club finesse, even if — and, in this case, when — East wins his K♣, dummy’s ♠Q4 is still a solid stopper....
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...BiddingDealer: South Game All Playing Rubber bridge, South opened a Strong 2S and North’s weak raise ended the auction. West led J♥; declarer assessed four losers....
...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....
...K♦, A♦ and a third diamond ruffed in dummy sorted out the suit. South returned to hand with a club ruff, drew the final trump and laid down 10♦ as his ninth trick....
...Diamonds should be played next: K♦, A♦, and then a ruff, with a high trump in hand. When the diamonds fail to divide, the trumps must break 2-2 in order for South to prevail....
...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....
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