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At the table, East did not cover and it proved expensive - he was the architect of his own problems. Declarer crossed to hand with K, ran 10 successfully and followed with a finesse of J. When 9 was led from dummy, East was caught a Morton's Fork coup. If East goes up with the Ace, South has twelve top tricks, but when East played low declarer was able to play off the remaining major suit winners and throw him in with A to give South the last two tricks in clubs.

If East covers at trick one then no pressure can be brought to bear on him and South emerges with only eleven tricks.
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