Gainesville Sun – 13 Mar 1986
Opening lead — king of clubs.
Point count is usually thought of as an aid to bidding, but there are many occasions when it can also be utilized in the play of the cards. For example, consider this deal where West starts by cashing the 
K Q and then has to decide what to do next.
He knows that the ace of hearts will provide him with a third defensive trick, but the question is how to try lo get a fourth one. He could hope to find his partner with the setting trick in the form of the king of diamonds or ace of spades, but these are very farfetched possibilities.
Since West sees 14 points in his own hand and 13 in dummy, declarer must have both those cards to account his opening bid as dealer.
The only realistic chance of defeating the contract lies in finding East with either the ten or jack of trumps. In which case a second trump trick can be manufactured. Accordingly, West leads a low club in trick three, cooperatively ruffed by East with the ten and as a result four hearts goes down one.
There is no way declarer can now stop the defense from winning two trump tricks. The surmise of the low club lead is to make sure that East, who knows, West has the ace of clubs, understands what is expected of him.
East therefore ruffs the third club with the ten, rather than the three, and declarer is a goner. He cannot recuperate from the uppercut. Observe that if West were to impulsively play the ace of clubs at trick three, East might not ruff at all, much less ruff with the ten.
He would have no way of knowing that declarer had no more clubs, and he might instead mechanically discard rather than trump his partner, ace.