Dealer West. Love All

                                    ♠          7 5 4 3

                                    ♥          K Q J 10 8 3

                                    ♦          A 5

                                    ♣         A

            ♠          9 8 2                                       ♠          Q 6

            ♥          7                                              ♥          9 6 5 2

            ♦          Q J 10 7 2                              ♦          K 4

            ♣         J 8 7 5                                    ♣         10 6 4 3 2

                                    ♠          A K J 10

                                    ♥          A 4

                                    ♦          9 8 6 3

                                    ♣         K Q 9

Some hands are very easy and just play themselves and this hand is one such example.

After winning the first trick it is imperative to unblock the Club Ace before coming back to hand with a top Spade. Having done that, you now remove the threat of a Diamond loser, by dumping your losing Diamond on the Club King.

You can now ruff a Diamond to get to dummy in order to take the Spade finesse.

When the Queen falls in two rounds you draw the last trump and merely play off all your winning Hearts.

You made 4 trumps,6 Hearts, 1 Diamond, 1 Diamond ruffed and 3 clubs totalling 15 tricks J

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