South
is in 3nt and you west lead the
§J
which partner overtakes with the Q and declarer wins with the
A. Declarer now leads a low spade, !your go!. Well let's take
stock, what's going on? It seems declarer has the§K
otherwise he might well have ducked the first trick and his
failure to touch diamonds looks like he has 6 tricks wrapped
up there plus§AK
and a spade if you duck are 9 so we had better rise with the
A. What now? We have to cash 4 heart tricks. If pard has AQJx
no problem but what if he has AJ8x or AQ8x.Well we have to
lead the 9.Pard wins with the A plays low back to our K
dropping declarers doubleton honour and has A8 sitting over
107 with you on lead not blocking the suit with the 9,!Well
defended!
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