PhilMarlow

At the colours, I think pass is forcing.

Thanks for the thoughtful replies. Why ignore the ruff? Barry Crane's rule - no safety plays. Clearly as you have enumerated, there is a case for choosing the successful line. I think there may even be a restricted choice argument that West's lead of a safe club affords a presumption that it holds the queen, otherwise it might have led a spade. Still, I was shocked by how lopsidedly the field rejected my line, which I suspect may have something to do with knowledge of gib's lead tendancies.

[hv=pc=n&s=sakjt987hdqt8ckqt&n=s6hq86432dj4ca642]133|200[/hv] It's a robot individual - you and three robots. The bidding is usually 1S-1NT-4S and the opening lead is almost always the club 9. Assuming there is no ruff, the only issue is whether you lose a spade trick. To me, the percentage play is to use your only entry to take a spade finesse - 50%. Dropping the Q is odds-against. Of those faced with the problem, 7 of us finessed while 26 dropped the Qx on their left. What do they know that I don't? For the record, west held Qx, AJx, 9xxxxx, 9x.