BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

You are East, declarer in 4♠, against which ♥2. South leads the Plan the play.

You dare not risk running the heart lead in case it’s a singleton, in which case there are far too many losers staring you in the face.

The best line to take is to win and draw trumps immediately, thus eliminating any risk of a heart ruff and then play the ♦K from hand.

Assuming that South wins this and returns a club, take the finesse — this will be your second loser if North has the ♣K.

Whatever comes back, next play your ♦J, which will establish the ♦10 in dummy for a heart discard.

You will find that in this way you can win ten tricks for certain.