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Maybe South's smug satisfaction at the early play was the reason why she took her eye off the ball because she found herself in hand after a finesse of J. This was now the time to broach the spades, but already she was regretting having to open them up from the wrong side. With West much more likely to hold spade length - a spade towards the nine in hand would have been a far better line. Nevertheless she continued with a spade to the ten and East won the jack to return 10. South hopped up with the ace and played K, all following, and 9. West played 8, so take it from here.
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