#11 Neither Vulnerable
South   West   North   East
   1♥          2♣        4♥        AP                                        
                                                North (dummy)
                                                ♠ Q J 8
                                                ♥ A Q 9 8 6
                                                ♦ Q 7 3
                                                ♣ Q 3
                        West                                      East
                        ♠                                              ♠ K 7 4
                        ♥                                              ♥ 5 2
                        ♦                                              ♦ A 6 5 4
                        ♣ A                                          ♣ 6 4 2
                                                South (declarer)
                                                ♠
                                                ♥ 
                                                ♦ 
                                                ♣ 7
 
West starts with the ♣AK and switches to the ♦10. East wins the ♦A and returns a diamond. South wins the ♦K. South pulls trump ending in dummy. The ♠Q is led from Dummy. What’s East’s play?
 
West cashes the ♣AK and shifts to the ♦10. East wins the ♦A and returns a diamond. The dummy type of passive. As East, when the first of two equal honors is led, do not cover! Cover the last honor – Exception: if you have a doubleton honor, then cover the first honor. Otherwise, declarer will win the SK and finesse West’s ♠10 on the way back!
 
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