West continues with the club ten. Plan the play. South must run five diamond tricks to make the contract. There would be little problem if trumps were three-two. Upon discovering the four-one trump break, declarer must risk cashing two top diamonds while there is still a trump in dummy to provide an entry back to the closed hand.
Success depends on the defender with four trumps holding two or three diamonds.
After two rounds of diamonds stand up, declarer draws trumps, discarding dummy's remaining high diamond on the fourth round of spades. This unblocks the diamonds, allowing South to run the balance of the suit. Inc. Reprinting of contents without permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved.