[grbradt]

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Hello, I am a novice starting to work through the book 'How to Play a Bridge Hand' by William Root. Here is his illustration #1 introducing the concept of ducking.

North

♠10 2
♥6 3
♦A 9 5
♣A 7 6 5 4 2


South

♠A Q 6 5
♥A K Q
♦K 7 3 2
♣10 3

Contract is 3NT and opening lead is ♥J

After taking trick 1, declarer leads a club and ducks. At this point Root says 'Assuming either defender wins the club trick and returns a heart (no defense is better)....' . My question is what happens if East wins the club trick, and switches to a spade? Assuming the ♠K is offside, and the spades split 4-3 and the clubs split 2-3, how does South make this contract? Feel like I'm missing something obvious! Thanks for any help here, George

[grbradt]

Never mind! South just plays low, forgot about the ♠10 in North hand

[pclayton]

Finding the answer yourself is always best.