A practice match brought out a hand in which the play, while simple for experts, might escape the average player. s ETE; South dealt, with East-West vulnerable. The bidding:
Sovm Mobrh East Pass Pass 1 Heart Pass 4 Hearts Pass 1 Diamond Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass Pass West opened a diamond and East, after winning, returned a small heart. South won with the heart king and led a club, dummy's queen being allowed to win. Now South trumped a diamond; returned 10 dummy with a spade and trumped "another diamiond: then put dummy in with the other high spade and trumped the fourth round of diamonds. South's last trump was next overtaken by dummy's ace, and the jack of hearts drew the last opposing trump. The established diamond in dummy won the tenth trick for North-South, and the game was made. After the defenders found the proper line of play, by leading trümps, South could not have won ten tricks without shortening his own trump length by ruffing out the diamonds.
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