We learn to count in first- and second-grade, but somehow this basic skill deserts many bridge players in the heat of battle.

                                                     None Vulnerable

                                                     West    North   East     South

                                                     1♣        1♦        1♥        1♠

                                                     2♥        2♠        Pass   3♠       

                                                     Pass    4♠       Pass   Pass

                                                     Pass

 

 

West leads a low Heart and East inserts the Jack.  Then East cashes the ♥A and crosses back to West’s ♥K.  There’s nothing you can do about the first three tricks and now you need the rest.  Where are 10 tricks coming from?

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