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This is one of those deceptive hands where you must not be seduced by the overtrick sirens. When the club finesse wins, you should immediately cash A! If this holds, you can then win A and, if the hearts are 3-2, try for an unlikely overtrick by ruffing J in dummy. If both hearts and clubs prove to be 4-1, as they were at the table, then you must retain the possibility of the diamond ruff in dummy for your twelfth trick, but it will be too late if you have already drawn trumps!

There is another subtle reason for cashing A at trick seven. East might have ducked deceptively from Kx(x) when the first finesse was taken. He'll think twice next time.
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