The title of this topic and the modified deal above comes from Eric Jannersten's classic book on
declarer play. I unhestitatingly recommend this book to all novices and intermediate players as
it shows the thought processes of an expert declarer and and highlights what bridge is all about,
deduction,detection and inference.
You are South,declarer in 4♠ West leads the K♥ When dummy goes down,you see
there is a sure trump loser,the A♦ is missing and the lead has opened up two
further heart losers. Assess the hand and plan the play.?
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FYP. Jannerston wrote an interesting trilogy on card-play...
-- The only chance -- the above deal might not fit the title, as there seem to be several lines.
e.g. a simple ♥A, ♣A, ♠K, ♣JK (finessing and discarding a ♥), ♦ to Q, ♠A, ♦ to K ...
-- With open cards -- double-dummy problems,
-- Play safe and win -- safety-plays.