Dealer South Both Vul.

                                    ♠          K Q 10 6 3

                                    ♥          Q 8 3

                                    ♦          6 4

                                    ♣         A K 2

            ♠          9 8 7 2                                    ♠          A J

            ♥          7 5 2                                       ♥          J 10 9

            ♦          K Q 9 2                                   ♦          J 10 8 3

            ♣         9 8                                           ♣         7 6 5 4

                                    ♠          5 4

                                    ♥          A K 6 4

                                    ♦          A 7 5

                                    ♣         Q J 10 3

The lead suggests that West has led from a four card suit so with 8 tricks in the bag(4 Clubs, 3 Hearts and 1 Diamond) you  need to find just one more.

Rather than relying on Hearts breaking 3-3 merely play a Spade at trick 2 and force out their Ace and they will probably cash 3 winning Diamonds and then you can take the rest.

If ¨3 is led then this could be from a 5 card suit and you should hold up until the third round. Now test the Hearts to see if they are breaking 3-3 and if they are you now have your 9^th trick. If the Hearts aren’t breaking you still have the Spade option for your 9^th trick.

You can also view  watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme  and it is available free from   http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.html or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it )

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