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Bridge Plenty of trumps I can understand

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why declarers get edgy when they must cope with an inferior trump fit; we’ve all reached shaky contracts on a 4-3 fit. It’s also easy to see why declarers get careless when they have a ton of trumps.

Today’s West led the jack of spades against five diamonds, and South played low from dummy. If his queen won, he could pitch his heart loser on the ace later. East took the king and returned a heart. Declarer won, gazed at his 10-card trump fit and led the jack to finesse.

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