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Count your tricks or losers.  There are at least 2 ways make the contract. 
Find the ways AND decide in which order the ways should be tried
Ploy
 Chance of success
3 - 3 split of 6 cards
 33%
4 - 2 split of 6 cards
 46%
3 - 2 split of 5 cards
 68%
Finesse (no outside knowledge
 50%
Dropping the Queen with only 4 cards out
 52%


A K J
 Contract 4
J 6 5
 Opening Lead A
A 7 4 2
J 8 5
 Losers?

2 clubs; 1 diamond and maybe 1 spade
10 8 6
A K Q 9 7
 Where are the 2 ways we can get rid of a loser?
Q J 5
9 6
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