[benlessard]

http://tinyurl.com/9h3kzmw

The lead is an even number of hearts, im not 100% sure about the spots.

[aguahombre]

looks easier for South to pop than for North to duck the ten.

[mfa1010]

Declarer has mishandled his entries, so it is good enough if N wins ♣K and plays back a heart.

Aside from that, N should have count of the red suits by now and therefore full count. So he should be able to to find a duck in clubs.
S can in principle also work out to rise ♣A (if declarer had kept a heart entry in hand - now there is no reason to go up), although he will pay out to a declarer who is about to butcher his contract with ♣K9x,♦Ax.

[JLOGIC]

South doesn't know that declarer doesn't have AT of diamonds. No reason for him to pop when ducking to partner to play a heart back will always beat it.

edit: I guess not always, declarer might have AQJTx Q9xx Ax xx, but given how badly declarer played this there is no reason to assume he is capable of hiding the H2 twice, so souths play seems very percentage, since if declarer had that hand that would be a way worse misplay also.

[aguahombre]

Yeh, I thought declarer had gotten rid of all three hearts or won the Ace at trick two.

The costly mistake was Declarer's, not the defenders'.

[phil_20686]

North just wins the club and returns a heart? Do not understand how this was let through. Harder if declarer cashes all his hearts.

[benlessard]

phil_20686, on 2012-August-30, 12:17, said:

North just wins the club and returns a heart? Do not understand how this was let through. Harder if declarer cashes all his hearts.

Yep ive made a mistake reporting the hand (very late after the match) declarer did fine he kept a H entry in his hand and a S entry on dummy. My guess is that he didnt cash all the H to avoid waking me up. Anyway it wasnt tough for me to go up, if hes got K9x in clubs hes going to finesse the J against me anyway.