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T1: win A♦ T2: small to A♥ T3: ruff ♥ small T4: ruff ♦ small T5: ruff ♥ small T6: A♣ [hv=pc=n&w=saqhd6c9764&e=skjt5hqdckt]266|100[/hv] T7: small ♣ makes every time N is not void in clubs, irrespective of where K♥ is: S is most likely to have it, but maybe he can find a double with: void JT9x(x) KQJx(x) QJxx we are also down if S has 6 hearts or singleton club, but that would be very unlikely

But what if he also has a 50% chance of crashing America, versus 10% for Bush or Clinton? Not every alternative is better than the status quo. His "immigration plan" is nonsense, and really does not even deserve the name. He proposes very expensive things with no hint of how to pay for them. A border wall is useless, and trying to make Mexico pay for it is laughable. He wants to end birthright citizenship, but offers no alternative definition of a citizen. He is appealing to ignorance and racism, and apparently caught you in the net. The whole thing smacks of Poe's law. Again, he is not a serious candidate, just a showman who loves the attention. You are falling for it.

The contract is cold on normal breaks in the black suits. So cater for the case where the black suits do not break. T1: ♦A T2. ♠A If both follow to the first trump Draw trumps (win the second trump in hand) and play a club to the ten unless North plays an honor. If North shows out or has a singleton club win the return in hand ruff a heart and a diamond in hand. Play your last trump from hand, which will squeeze South between the ♥K and clubs should he have five. If South shows out on the first trump: T3: ♥A T4: ♥ ruff T5: ♦ruff T6: ♥ruff high. T7-9: ♠ K, J, T These 4 cards remain: [hv=pc=n&w=shdca976&e=shqdckt3]266|100[/hv] We know South started with a void in trumps and given his takeout double he is marked with the ♥K and is overwhelmingly likely to have started with three or more clubs. If that is the case he is now left with 3 clubs and the ♥K. Now exit with your ♥Q and see him squirm in the endplay. This makes the contract even if spades are 4-0 and clubs 5-0. Admittedly if no clubs have been discarded and South exits with an honor you may have a guess or a world-class South might discard a club from three. Congratulate him and make sure he gets into the newspapers. But if trumps break 4-0 I think that clubs do not break is more likely and I rarely play against world-class defenders having their brilliant day. Anyway such a capable defender is more likely to discard the ♥K. Rainer Herrmann

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Opposite ♠x ♥xx ♦AQxxxxxx ♣xx, 4♠ has a chance, but 5♦ does not.

Not clueless at all but I wanted to post it somewhere: Dummy puts her cards down and declarer exclaims: "Ach, mein lieber Gott." Dummy replies: "You don't have to call me God. My name is Marijke".

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