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His excellence as a declarer is highlighted by the diagramed deal.

If the clubs were running, there would be no problems, but declarer wondered about a bad club split.

When declarer has to guess what to do, try to find passive plays that do not help her or him.

Now declarer spent a long time deciding on her next move.

This type of play is called the dentist’s coup, in which declarer extracts a defender’s safe-exit cards before giving him the lead.