BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

On the face of it there’s no problem at all, as it looks as though the three spades are your only losers.

So next you start to draw trumps, and bingo!

that’s it — one hand shows out. the natural way (or is it?) is to lead low to ♥ K, and then back to your own hand, but what happens if South turns out to be void, and north has all four? One down — ‘sorry, partner, bad trump break, nothing I could do’.

Indeed there was something to be done, and that’s to cater for this possibility, which will cost you nothing, when it’s South who turns up with the four trumps.

Cash a top heart in your own hand first.