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Assuming that the you are able to bring in the hearts with or without the aid of a ruff, then the contract is likely to rest on the club position. Imagine you decide to continue with J. West wins and exits with the last trump on which East discards 2. The next two tricks are won by the queen and ace of hearts, but on the K East discards 3. A heart is now ruffed in hand with East shedding a further club. There is nothing wrong with ducking a diamond before addressing the clubs, although this does rule out the remote possibility of discarding dummy's diamond on J. You win the second diamond with A and the cross-roads of this hand has arrived. What do you play when you lead a club towards dummy and West plays 9?
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