Against your heart game, West leads the ♠9. You win in hand and play a low heart to the jack, which holds. When you cash the ♥A, East discards. Now what?
Declarer was not too bothered about the trump split. As West was certain to have the ♣A and the ♦K for for his opening bid, declarer’s thoughts turned to endplaying West with a trump.
a second club from hand. West postponed the inevitable by discarding the ♦8. It was to no avail, however, as declarer next played the ♥5 to his 6 and West’s 10. West cashed the ♥K but then had to broach a minor suit. In the end, he chose to lead the ♦K because his partner had not signaled encouragingly in clubs.