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diamonds. So keep C. A. L. M.

Count our top tricks by power with diamonds Repeated for convenience
as trumps. There is 1 heart, 2 clubs and 3 Í 8 5 3 2
Ì 7 6 4
diamonds. 6 in all.
Ë K 6
Ê A 7 4 3
Í K Q J 9 7 4 Í A 10
Add tricks from other sources. We have 4
Ì K 8 5 Ì Q 9 3 2
diamond tricks by length if they do not break Ë 5 Ë J 7 3
Ê Q 6 2 Ê J 10 8 5
4-0. We possibly have an extra trick in hearts if Í 6
we take the double finesse (75%) (trick by Ì A J 10
Ë A Q 10 9 8 4 2
position). This makes 11 in all. So we go game Ê K 9
in diamonds.

Losers we have only 1 spade and possibly two hearts.

Manage the hand assuming that two rounds of spades are played. To take
the heart finesse twice we need two entries to the dummy. One is the ÊA
and the other is the ËK. We get the ÍK lead and then another spade. We
can ruff this and play the ËA and then another to the King. We now take
the first heart finesse. When we regain the lead we can draw the last trump
and, using the club entry to dummy, we repeat the heart finesse. A fine
plan.

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