It would be hard not to double with East's hand, given that partner has made a vulnerable preempt and East has what looks like three tricks in hand. The heart nine was then lead, again ducked all around, west pitching a diamond. Jeff then led a high club off dummy, and east won, led a diamond, and ruffed a diamond. 7 East exited a spade, and declarer won in hand, played a club to the queen, ruffed the club jack, and then ran the spades. Somehow, with all those beautiful trumps, she managed to only score one of them.
East can score two trump tricks by expending a high trump early.
By covering the heart seven, she forces south to use a higher trump, and she can ruff the diamond with one of her low trumps. Go to previous page. Go to next page.