This
deal
was
from a second round Higson Cup knock out match.
East
made a mildly conservative decision to pass two
clubs in the above auction.
North
led the ten of diamonds, South cashed two diamonds
and played a third diamond so that North could ruff
with the seven to force the club queen.
Declarer
now decided to play on hearts, the third round being
ruffed in dummy and overruffed by South.
South
could now count West for a 1534 distribution and
made the key play of cashing the spade ace before
playing another diamond. West ruffed with the
eight (he needed to ruff high and play two more
trumps to make the contract at this point).
North now overruffed with the jack of clubs and gave
South a heart ruff to beat the contract by one.
If
South does not cash the spade ace before playing the
fourth diamond West can discard his spade while
North trumps and a loser disappears.
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