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With the assured entry of 10 still available, declarer ought to have cashed a high heart at this point, guarding against a singleton J in the West hand, but instead she cashed 10 first. East threw 2 and West 5. Although declarer was almost sure that East had begun with five hearts and a finesse against East's hypothetical jack would be necessary to bring in four heart tricks, it was now impossible to safety-play the hearts in the way mentioned above because they would be blocked. So Von Arnim had to lead a heart from dummy and finesse the nine immediately. Can you imagine the pressure of knowing that she might have thrown the World Championship by missing that slight improvement in her line? She led 5 from dummy, East followed with 3 and she finessed the nine, only to see ..
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