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West ruffed and shifted to a club. Declarer won and led a trump to the eight. East took the ace and played his last diamond, but West was now out of trumps, and South scored the rest of the tricks to make exactly four. At the second table, the bidding and opening lead were the same, but when East took the ace of diamonds, ftfe realized that a diamond return at this point would almost certainly limit the defense to three tricks. The chances of West Hi Lois iTTHlAlRnClOIOriBlAlLllI WeHoIdTeUoTl yoJ'RE ALWAYS FAI4P I'AA 7 Nor Evero 1 1 TlRl)tieA'S $OOM AS I gleam op one Mess, OTRTATLLHOlMEVVlORK OHE AHEAP you MAKE ANOTHER OF Me II ONE OlRlomtlllvC-lOlBllI PRQC lOlRriF iBAsi lDd i "loIma ACAjDEjM I I A I A I I En I InInI I I OTA II I II I I A ti I I A I 35 Leave out Yesterday's answer 2-1 8 Garfield KSSn I I HEV.
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