There comes a time in many a hand when you arrive at the “moment of truth”.
West leads the ♦2, East plays the ♦Q and South tops that that with the ♦K. At trick two and three, South plunks down the ♣A and ♣K. Both follow to the first round, but East discards the ♥Q on the second.
With a certain trump loser, where do you go from here? Assume the ♠K is with West. Your plan is to strip West of all of her major-suit cards before exiting a trump, forcing a diamond lead away from West’s presumed ♦J.
So you start with the ♠Q, which is covered and taken by dummy’s Ace. Continue with the J♠ and a spade ruff, followed by the ♥K,♥A and a heart ruff. You have now arrived at the moment of truth. Exit with the trump and duck a diamond return to your ♦10.
The slam is made! At the moment of truth, there are either reasons or results.
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