#1 Neither Vulnerable
South   West   North   East
   2♣       Pass       2♦         3♠
   4♥       Pass       4♠       Pass
  4NT     Pass       5♥      Pass
   7♥
                                                North
                                                ♠ A 6 4
                                                ♥ 10 4 3
                                                ♦ A 10 3 2
                                                ♣ 10 6 3
                        West                                      East
                       ♠ 5                                       ♠ K
                       ♥                                          ♥ 
                       ♦                                           ♦ 
                       ♣                                          ♣
                                                South (you)
                                                ♠ 3
                                                ♥ A K Q J 9
                                                ♦ K Q 9 4
                                                ♣ A K Q
 
As South, the only thing that can go wrong is if diamonds are 4-1. The idea is to try to discover which opponent, if either, had four diamonds. Think counting. Win the ♠A, draw three rounds of trumps ending in dummy and ruff a spade. Your starting point is that East has 7 spades based on the bidding. However, when West follows up the line, play west for three spades and East for 6. If West started with only two spades then West would have led high low to begin the play. East has showed up with two hearts for 8 known cards. Next cash three clubs and see East discard on the second round of clubs. 6 spades, 2 hearts, 1 club…Voila! East has four diamonds!
 
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