This
deal was (mis)played in an EBU online duplicate.
With
no attractive lead West tried the spade jack against
three notrump. This was covered by the queen,
king and ace.
Declarer
now played the eight of clubs to the jack, a club
back to the ace and then a heart which West won with
the king.
The
six of spades was mysteriously ducked by North, not
that it mattered, so West got off lead with a
diamond to the ace, six and five.
Dummy
now cashed the king of clubs, the ten of spades and
then the seven of clubs, with East discarding a
spade and a heart and West two diamonds.
This
was now the position.
Now
declarer played a heart to the ace and the ten of
hearts. West did not cover, but declarer was
able to exit with a diamond to West to get to his
heart winner.
There
were a number of errors here, East should keep
another heart so as not to give away the heart
position. West should have discarded the king
of diamonds and kept a small one. Declarer
could have made the overtrick in various ways; by
not cashing the last club so that he had a late
entry to dummy or by unblocking the ten of hearts on
the first round of hearts.
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