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Problem: The Auction: South West North East pass pass 1♦ dbl 1♥ 2♠ 3♣ pass pass 3♠ all pass You are South on this deal, none vulnerable. After a lively auction, you are declarer in 3♠. West leads the ♣K, and plays a club to East's Ace. East shifts to the ♥10. How do you plan to take 9 tricks? Solution: You should play the ♥A. From the bidding, you know that East has 4 hearts, and West has 2. East would have switched to a heart honor holding both the King and Queen. You should therefore hope that West has at least one honor. Ducking the heart serves no purpose. West follows with a low heart when you play the Ace. You cash the Ace-King of spades, West following with the Jack, and then discarding a diamond. Left with a spade loser, your only chance is to eliminate the minor suits, and throw West in with a heart. Accordingly, you ruff dummy's last club, play a diamond to the ♦A, a diamond to the ♦K, and ruff a diamond in dummy. You now exit with a heart. West is forced to play a minor card, giving you a ruff and discard. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It would not have helped for West to unblock the ♥K under the Ace, as declarer can simply lead up to the ♥J.
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