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| ♠ |
A 5 |
| ♥ |
Q 6 5 4 |
| ♦ |
10 5 4 3 |
| ♣ |
6 4 3 |
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| ♠ |
K Q 10 6 3 2 |
| ♥ |
9 8 |
| ♦ |
9 7 |
| ♣ |
9 7 5 |
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| ♠ |
J 9 8 7 |
| ♥ |
A 10 7 2 |
| ♦ |
A 8 2 |
| ♣ |
8 2 |
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| ♠ |
4 |
| ♥ |
K J 3 |
| ♦ |
K Q J 6 |
| ♣ |
A K Q J 10 |
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Provided trumps behave, this hand is easy. You just need to force out the two aces. Win the first trick with the ♠A, draw trumps in three rounds, force out one of the red aces, win the spade return with your penultimate trump, force out the other red ace, win another spade return with your last trump, and you are set fair.
The only way to go wrong is to ruff a spade in hand before drawing trumps. Then you would only have one trump left, but two aces to force out. If you try to set up one of the red suits before drawing the last trump, opponents might get a ruff in.
Ruffing with long trumps, does not in itself gain a trick, and it may cause you to lose control of the hand.
As the cards lie on this deal, if declarer first ruffs a spade, realizes the mistake and tries to set up one of the red suits after only two rounds of trumps (knowing a spade continuation can be ruffed in dummy), East can take the ace on the second round, and lead a third round for partner to ruff.
