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Make 4S Double-dummy

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Posted 2015-June-18, 16:32



Against 4♠, West lead a ♦. At the table I unsuccessfully played East for ♥Hx. It's not immediately apparent how to make it double-dummy.
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Posted 2015-June-18, 16:51

Pretty hand. Win the lead and play a heart covering East as cheaply as possible. West wins the king and returns say another diamond. You ruff, cash 1 top spade and then lead the ♥J (or the 8 if East played the 9 before). Now if East ducks, you have held your heart losers to 1 and can just give up 2 spades. If East wins the heart, you have an entry to the table to take the trump finesse.
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Posted 2015-June-18, 18:14

View PostTrick13, on 2015-June-18, 16:32, said:


Against 4♠, West lead a ♦. At the table I unsuccessfully played East for ♥Hx. It's not immediately apparent how to make it double-dummy.

You can win ♦A, cross to hand with a non-♥, and lead a small ♥.
Basically, this is the same line as manudude03's,
but this simplified diagram shows that it isn't reliant on ♥ pips:

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