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But if East had started with a tripleton heart, he might — probably would — have played his cards in a different sequence.

Instead declarer decided to play on hearts, cashing his ace and playing a second round to dummy’s queen, which was the correct percentage play, gaining against a doubleton or tripleton jack with East.

Had East begun with a doubleton or K-Q-10 tripleton?

West cashed his diamond ace and continued with the diamond eight, East playing high-low to show his tripleton.

The witness also testified that he had seen Ham pay four dollars for two suppers at the hotel in Tripleton, ten miles distant, and that the defendant had told him not to tell his father that he hired the team.