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That removed the dummy entry to the diamonds.
South had seemingly started with king-queen-low in clubs and was creating a dummy entry.
This leaves declarer with only one dummy entry, and he can no longer avoid defeat.
He also saw that it was important to remove the dummy entry to the spade suit.
Berkowitz accurately shifted to the spade eight, which killed the vital dummy entry.
Hoping for a dummy entry, declarer called for the spade ten, but East covered with the jack.
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But that requires two dummy entries, and here there is only one: the club king.
Declarer was up to eight tricks, but she lacked the dummy entries to run the hearts.
To maximize his dummy entries, declarer ruffed the second club with his diamond ten.
This would have deprived South of one of his dummy entries, but it would not have defeated him.
And she had to time the play perfectly, using her dummy entries in exactly the right sequence.
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