#10 North Vulnerable
East   South   West   North
  2♥      2NT      Pass     4NT
Pass   6NT        AP
 
                                                North
                                                ♠ K 7
                                                ♥ 7 3 2
                                                ♦ A K 10 2
                                                ♣ A Q 5 3
                            West                                      East
                           ♠                                               ♠
                           ♥ 6                                           ♥ J
                           ♦                                               ♦ 
                           ♣                                              ♣
                                                South (you)
                                                ♠ A Q J
                                                ♥ A 10 4
                                                ♦ Q 6 5
                                                ♣ K J 10 8
 
West leads the ♥6. What is South’s plan?
 
As South, you have 11 tops tricks and have to bring in the diamonds for four tricks. If diamonds are 3-3 or the ♦J drops…there is nothing to talk about. However, if West has the ♦Jxxx, the winning play is the ♦KQ and then low to the ♦10. Diamonds is a two-way suit which means 1) diamonds should be played last. 2) this is a counting hand! It can’t hurt to duck the first heart. Win the second heart and play four rounds of clubs. Play three rounds of spades discarding a heart from dummy. East shows up with two spades, three clubs along with 6 hearts. We know 11 cards already. There is only room for 2 diamonds. Cash the ♦K, lead low to the ♦Q and then finesse the D10 because the finesse is known to work.
 
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