Jack Benny said, "It's not so much knowing when to speak, as when to pause." At the bridge table, it's often not so much knowing when to play, as when to pause for thought. That applies in particular at trick one. The more thinking at trick one, the better you will play, whether you are the declarer or a defender. In today's deal, how should South play in five hearts after West leads the diamond king? The bidding was short but exciting.