As South, you start with 9 top tricks: 6 hearts, the ♦AK and the §A. Rather than hope the diamond finesse works, use the ♠QJ to develop your 10^th trick. Win the ♥A, draw trumps ending in dummy and lead the ♠Q, discarding a club. West wins the ♠K, cashes the ♣Q and leads a third club that you trump. All that is left is to cross to dummy with a diamond and discard a diamond on the ♠J. No diamond finesse is necessary. When the dummy has the second and third ranking honors in a suit facing a void, thinking loser on loser.

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