#4 Both Vulnerable
South   West   North   East
2♣          Pass       2♦       Pass
3♣          Pass        3♦      Pass
5♣           AP
 
                                                North (dummy)
                                                ♠ 8 6 5 4
                                                ♥ 9 4 2
                                                ♦ 4 3 2
                                                ♣ 9 3 2
                        West                                     East
                       ♠ 7 3 2                                  ♠ J 10 9
                       ♥ 10 8 7                               ♥ K J 6 3          
                       ♦ K Q 8 6 5                          ♦ A 10 9 7
                       ♣ 6 5                                    ♣ 8 7
                                                South (you)
                                                ♠ A K Q
                                                ♥ A Q 5
                                                ♦ J
                                                ♣ A K Q J 10 4
 
As South, trump the second diamond high! If clubs divide 2-2, the ♣9 will provide a dummy entry – if you have saved the ♣4. After clubs divide 2-2, it can’t cost to play the AKQ of spades in case they break 3-3. It’s your lucky day, they do! Cross to the ♣9, discard a heart on dummy’s ♠9, and take the heart finesse for an overtrick. When holding a powerful trump holding facing a bare dummy and forced to trump early, consider trumping high rather than low. That low trump may be your salvation – it may be your only entry to dummy!
 
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