Witness A Grand Coup Against

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 7 2
  2. heart9
  3. diamond10 8 7
  4. clubA K 9 7 5
Green square in centre

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartA K J 10 7 2
  3. diamond6 4 3
  4. clubQ 8
West North East South
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-- 1club Pass 1heart
2diamond Pass Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
Simon had no input to the outcome of this contract, but why not let him tell you what happened .

Right, how to play this trump suit? If you take a first round finesse then of course you pick up queen to three onside but you lose out if West has heartQx. Could he have overcalled with five diamonds and nothing else apart from a jack or two? Playing trumps from the top is certainly a play which merits consideration. However there are some trump coup possibilities against East. If the first round finesse works and both follow to the second, then you can play East for heartQxxx and attempt to shorten your trumps by two. This will require you to play a spade to dummy, ruff a spade, club to table, ruff a fourth round of spades. After entering dummy with a club your heartKJ will remain over East's heartQx at trick twelve. So, made you mind up?
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