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able to trump club suit club trick complete hand declarer plays declarer wins declarer's hand defeat the contract defenders diamond suit diamond tricks doubleton dummy's K EAST SOUTH WEST EAST ZIA extra tricks finesse five tricks following hand Hand 2 Dealer heart suit heart trick lead a diamond lead a small lead back Lead the top leading a low leading the suit long suit look low card missing cards no-trump contract NORTH EAST SOUTH NT Pass Pass opening lead opponents overcalled partner leads partner wins partner's suit Pass 3 NT Pass 4 Pass Pass Pass Pass plays a small plays the Q promote winners regain the lead ruff small cards small heart small spade Solution to Hand SOUTH WEST Zia spade suit spade tricks touching high cards tricks through length tricks to defeat trump contract trump suit visualise WEST PARTNER win a trick win the trick