evojan

True. My alternative plan was in fact to take the lead in hand and to let the HJ run as the bare Q is a pretty low probability. Suppose that's the best line. Thanks for the deal. Jan

I would take the lead in dummy, cash the HA (just in case) and Spades to the hand. Finesse with HJ. Say it loses to the Q in East who returns a C: a) If Hearts are 4-1 I put on the Q and if it wins I’ll take my S ruff, cash the HK and more C to the J, HT, CA and C to the Ten and D to the K: b) If hearts are 3-2 I stay low and if the Ten wins, I cash HK and more C to the Q. If W has the CK I would eventually guess a D to the K. What happened in real life?