Summary
How will you play 4H when West leads the ten of spades? What deductions can you make from West's opening lead? Firstly, you can assume that East holds the jack of spades, since West would have led the jack from a suit headed by the jack-10. You can also tell something about West's diamond holding. If West held the ace and king of diamonds, he would surely have led the suit.
So, East must hold either the ace or king of diamonds! That is at least four points that you have identified in the East hand. If he held the queen of hearts too, he would have had enough points to respond to his partner's opening bid. So, amazing as it may seem, you can deduce from West's opening lead of the 10 of spades that he must hold the queen of hearts. After winning the spade lead, you should play the ace and king of hearts rather than taking a finesse against the jack. As it happens, West's queen is doubleton and the card falls. You draw the last trump and finesse the queen of clubs successfully, making the heart game. To read the cards accurately on this deal, you needed to make two negative inferences.See the full content of this document
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