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N-S stumble into 4♠ and West leads ♦A. Declarer can count 5 Spade tricks and 4 Clubs. That’s 9, where’s the 10th? A ruff in the “short hand” is a common ploy for an extra trick, but that won’t [...]

“Third hand high” is common advice, and on this hand East plays “Third hand extra high” in order to fool Declarer. On defense, in third hand, it’s standard procedure to win the trick with the [...]