#1 Neither Vulnerable
South   West   North   East
   1♥        Pass     1NT     Pass
   3♥       Pass       4♥        AP                               
                                                North (dummy)
                                                ♠ A K Q 5
                                                ♥ 8 7
                                                ♦ 6 3 2
                                                ♣ 5 4 3 2
                            West                                      East
                            ♠                                              ♠ 9 4 3 2
                            ♥                                              ♥ A Q 5
                            ♦ J                                            ♦ A 9 4
                            ♣                                             ♣ J 10 9
                                                South (declarer)
                                                ♠
                                                ♥ 
                                                ♦ Q
                                                ♣
 
West leads the ♦J. East wins the ♦A and returns the ♣J. South plays the ♣K. West wins the ♣A and returns the ♣8. Declarer wins the ♣Q and crosses to dummy with the ♠J. Discarding the ♣7 on the SK, South now leads the ♥8. What is East’s plan?
 
As East, when a heart is led from dummy, rise with the ♥A. There is no return entry to dummy for declarer to finesse your ♥Q, the setting trick. If you play low and declarer plays low, you only get one heart trick.
 
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