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. West should reopen with a
takeout double and they will reach 3
and succeed for a score of
+140., West led the ace of clubs and
after receiving an encouraging signal from his partner, continued with
the king and then a third round to the queen. East then shifted
to a low heart and
declarer stopped to analyze his situation. South realized he
would probably lose two diamonds if he had to break the suit.
That
meant if the heart finesse lost he would fail by one trick. Then
he saw the solution: He rose with the ace of hearts, drew trumps,
and then exited with his last heart. Now the opponents had to
lead diamonds or give him a sluff/ruff. Either way he would make
his
contract. He simply ducks the diamond lead and wins in the other
hand. Please note it doesn't matter who wins the heart king
for him to succeed.