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A hopeless contract under an entry killing leading

One month later, I'm back again!!! I will bring a deal happening in the 3rd round of 1st WBF Youth Teams Championships between China and Israel in U26 Group B today. ♠ 93                1♢   1♡ ♡ 6                  2♢   3NT ♢ KJ7652        AP ♣ AK96 ----------        Lead: ♣7(2/4) ♠ KQT6 ♡ KQT84  ♢ QT ♣ 82 The lead is quite sharp. It seems hopeless to finish the contract. You may lose 2♣ and 3 Aces. In the meanwhile, there are no 9 quick winners. I played in despair. I hoped I may win 3♣ if I ducked in the first round. So i ducked and hoped defenders made mistakes at that time. Is that correct? Or is there other chance? Analyzing the leading, ♣7, it indicates that the defender holds ♣T7XX as well as he doesn't hold 4♠. Win with the ♣A and knock out ♢A first. If defenders keep ♣, winning with the ♣K, then it will be blocked in ♣ between defenders. What you should do now is to find out the A that LHO holds and knock out it. What should be mentioned that you should