Both vulnerable. East deals.

Both vulnerable. East deals.
NORTH
5 2
10 6
A 10 8 4
A 10 7 6 5
WEST EAST
6 4 A 3
K 8 7 5 3 A 2
J 9 7 6 3 K Q 5 2
J Q 9 8 4 3
SOUTH
K Q J 10 9 8 7
Q J 9 4
Void
K 2
The bidding:
EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH
1 4 Pass Pass
Pass
Opening lead: Jack of
There are times when you can be blessed with too many high cards. Consider this deal from George Coffin's excellent book "Bridge Play from A to Z."
The bidding is straightforward. With such a wealth of playing tricks but paucity of defensive values, a one-spade overcall by South is not recommended. South's hand is too strong for a two- or three-spade jump, so four spades is a happy compromise.
West led the jack of clubs. Declarer won in dummy with the ace and led a spade. East shot up with the ace and reverted to a club, West ruffing. There was no way for South to avoid losing two heart tricks -- down one.
Let's switch the king of clubs with East for the three. Now the fact that there is a club loser makes the winning play easy to find. Declarer must win the opening lead in dummy with the ace and cash the ace of diamonds to discard his club loser. Declarer leads a trump and there is now no way for declarer to lose more than two heart tricks since East cannot overruff dummy's five of spades.
Needless to say, the deal is found under 'J' in Cofffin's book -- for jettison, of course.
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