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West led the six of Diamonds v Six Spades, the unbid suit and declarer beat East’s ten with the Ace, and cashed the Ace of Trumps, observing East’s ten. He followed with the Queen, in order to pick up West’s likely guarded Knave, and found that he could no longer make the hand. Best is to continue with a top Heart, but West wins, whereupon any

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