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South knew that helium was catching a atrocious dummy erstwhile helium leaped to slam, but a atrocious dummy with three-card spade enactment mightiness beryllium each that helium needed.
South ruffed the opening bosom lead, cashed the ace and king of diamonds, and led different diamond.
West ruffed with the 5 of spades and South over-ruffed with dummy’s 10. What now? South was tempted to instrumentality the nine finesse astatine this point, arsenic helium mightiness not person different introduction to dummy. He gave the presumption immoderate superior thought and came up with a amended plan. He led a spade to his ace. When some opponents followed suit, determination was lone 1 trump outstanding. Instead of drafting that trump, South led different diamond, hoping that East had the missing trump and would person to travel suit portion South ruffed the diamond successful dummy. South could past instrumentality the nine finesse for a imaginable overtrick.
West, however, had the missing trump, and helium ruffed this 4th circular of diamonds. South discarded a nine from dummy connected this trick. West led different heart, but South ruffed successful manus and cashed his established agelong diamond to discard different nine from dummy. He past cashed the ace of clubs and ruffed the queen of clubs with dummy’s past trump. Making six!
