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Opening lead: K

I was East on this hand from a USA pairs trials. My
partner was Don Krauss. He did well to pull my double
and then did even better on defense. At trick two he
shifted to the king of hearts. Even I was able to figure
out how to cash out from this point.

Notice South's wily passes. He didn't fool my partner
(only me). Meanwhile, if Krauss had continued clubs, or
shifted to a low heart and I had switched back to clubs,
declarer would be able to discard one heart on the third
diamond honor and then ruff a diamond to set up
another discard.

My tip: In a cash-out position, show partner what you have.