how 2 proceed?

[ghow]

all vul at imps LHO has bid 1h you end up in 4s

 

opening lead is A of hearts and trick 2 is a heart to your K (rho hi lows if that matters)

 

what's your plan?

dummy 432 98 AKT742 JT

 

declarer AQT65 K6 J AK732

[pooltuna]

all vul at imps LHO has bid 1h you end up in 4s

 

opening lead is A of hearts and trick 2 is a heart to your K (rho hi lows if that matters)

 

what's your plan?               

                                dummy  432  98  AKT742  JT

 

                                declarer  AQT65  K6  J  AK732

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probably

3) A♠

4) A♦

5) J♣ finessed

6) if 5) held K♦ followed by a ♠

[ONEferBRID]

♣

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I'm taking the 75% chance of finessing trumps twice playing for split honors.... so I need 2 relatively "safe" entries to the board.

I'm also going to assume LHO started with only 6 cards ♥, not 7, so I will ruff a ♥ on board if they choose to lead a 3rd Rnd.

Also, I'm not taking the ♣ finesse.

 

 

3) lead  to♣J .... losing to Q.

4) Win any return

If a ♣, ♦, ♥..... it puts you on board for the 1st trump finesse

If a ♠, you get a free trump finesse

 

5) first low trump lead from board, finessing 10... losing to J or K

 

6) Win any return and if ♠J had won the 1st trump finesse, then lead to your remaining entry ( ♣ or ♦ ) for 2nd finesse.

trump finesse.

 

7) Before finessing, take your ♦K , pitching your losing ♣ ... then finesse.

 

If it wins, you have only lost 1♠, 1♥, and  1♣

[gnasher]

♠K is almost certainly wrong, given the bidding and the lead.

 

Two lines I considered:

 

(1) ♣AK. If they survive, lead another club, planning to ruff on table, again planning to play spades from the top. That fails when LHO has four clubs and ♠Kx.

 

(2) Cross to a diamond and play a spade to 10. If that loses to the king and spades are 3-2, give up a club. If the first spade loses to the jack they'll probably play back a red suit. Now decide whether to win in dummy and take a club finesse, or to play for clubs 3-3.

 

I like the second line better.