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East South West North
1♥ DBL 2♠ Pass
3♥ 4♠ AP
DTHWM #1 H1
West leads the ♥A and continues with the ♥K.
What is East’s plan?
North
♠ K Q J 10
♥ Q J
♦ 6 4 3
♣ A K Q J
West East
♠ ♠ 6 4 3
♥ A ♥ 4
♦ ♦ 9 7 5 2
♣ ♣ 9 6 5 3 2
South
♠
♥
♦
♣
Thinking like a great defender, one must determine if a passive or an aggressive defense is required on any give hand. The dummy often indicates the answer. The dummy’s club suit screams for an aggressive defense. In other words, as soon as declarer gets on lead, the trumps will be pulled and any losers declarer may have in the diamond suit will be discarded on the club suit! So what is east to do about this? At trick two, TRUMP partner’s ♥K. Partner will frown and slap the cards around but then when you come back with a diamond, partner will now sit back up in the chair and proceed to take his ♦AQ! Two hearts and two diamonds for down 1!
