Filling the red holes

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1♦ X 1♥ 2♠

3♥ Pa 4♥ Pa

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No ATB for this one... just got to make it!

 

East leads the ♠Q. Plan your play.

If you duck trick one, they continue ♠.

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RHO has ♠K and i need him to have ♦K too. Seems to me like we should assume EW has something similar to.

 

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My plan is to endplay LHO, forcing him to lead from ♣AQ

So i must duck 1st trick, else they will eventually have communication for ♣ switch from RHO. (If you win ♠A and return ♠, RHO can win ♠ return, switch to ♣ (getting 2 ♣tricks) and force trump trick by leading ♠ afterward.)

 

1.♠Q-x-x-x

2.♠J-T-x-A

 

Now we need to play trumps. ♥9 feels like best option, because i don't want LHO to cover. Assume he doesn't cover.

 

3.♥9-x-x-x

4.♥x-x-8-x

 

Now we need to play ♦ for no losers. ♦Tx-Kxx is as likely as xx-KTx so it is a pure guess. If you manage to guess right, ruff ♠, cash ♥A and endplay RHO.

 

 

If LHO covers ♥9 then it is harder. I think then you have to play RHO for ♦KTx.(♦ to 9 finessing T, trump finesse etc.)

 

If ♦ are Tx-KTx you will also probably succeed if you play ♦J from dummy and RHO covers. However i don't see how you can make if he ducks! You need 2 fast entries in dummy which you cannot get if he ducks. ♦ to Q also doesn't work for the same reason (RHO ducks ♦ 2 tricks later).