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2017.11.06 Online Training

It happened in our online training on 6th Nov,2017. It seemed to be a normal game contract to defender, however it was easy to fall into declarer's trap. Board 13 Both Vul       West    North    East    South                          1♢        3♠       Pass            Pass      3NT       AP                                                                                        3NT   North Trick      1     2     3     4     1       ♠T   ♠7   ♠6   ♠J     2       ♢9   ♢4   ♢Q  ♢3     3      ♡Q   ? East leads the ♠T and the declarer wins the ♠J in hand. Then declarer plays ♢9 to Dummy's ♢Q. After that, the declarer plays ♡Q from table quickly. How to play? It seems that declarer holds ♡A. It is common knowledge that K should be played on the second trick to prevent partner's T from finesse on the next trick. Does common knowledge work well in this deal? East plays ♢4 on the second trick, indicating that East holds odd cards in diamond. Obviously, Eas