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West
leads the club king.
East
wins with the ace and returns the spade seven.
Plan
the play?
Win
the spade shift with the ace in the closed hand. Pull three
rounds of trumps and lead the diamond king. If West refuses
to win his ace, concede a club and a spade for ten tricks.
If West wins his ace, he can cash another club for the last
trick of the defense. You can win any return, enter dummy
with the spade king and discard your losing spade on dummy's
diamond queen.
If
you win the spade shift in dummy with the king at trick two,
you will lack a crucial entry to reach the North hand and
play the diamond queen. If you attempt to keep an entry by
pulling only two rounds of trumps, West will cover the diamond
king with his ace and return a spade ruffed by East with his
last trump.
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