3NT

[Hanoi5]

♠Qxx

♥AK7x

♦T7xx

♣xx

 

 

♠Axx

♥98x

♦AQ

♣AKJTx

 

3NT, they didn't enter the bidding. You receive the 4th spade lead from your LHO (at least that's what it looks like). You're missing 9TJK of spades so you play low and RHO inserts the J. How shall you continue?

[gnasher]

Win, play ♥9 to the ace, and take a club finesse.

 

If that wins, cross to the other heart, take another club finesse, inwardly scream as LHO wins it, cover ♠Q in desperation, and watch helplessly as they take ♠K, a heart, and three more spades. Then give the hand to the bulletin editor.

[Fluffy]

or they just endplay you and you can never make the diamond finese wich works.

 

anyway agree with the general line of gnasher.

[gszes]

♠Qxx

♥AK7x

♦T7xx

♣xx

 

 

♠Axx

♥98x

♦AQ

♣AKJTx

 

3NT, they didn't enter the bidding. You receive the 4th spade lead from your LHO (at least that's what it looks like). You're missing 9TJK of spades so you play low and RHO inserts the J. How shall you continue?

 

Gnasher LOP looks good but in this case I dont like the all eggs in

one basket approach especially when I have to eliminate my heart

stoppers to make it work (or fail disastrously).

 

I would win trick 1 and lay down AK of clubs to try and secure 8 tricks

(or nine + if Q falls) and then depending on which opp wins the

club Q (and the defense) deciding btn dia finesse playing LHO for

spade K or (hogging the bulletin space for a good reason)

a squeeze hoping one opp has the dia K and 4 + hearts. This LOP

should be down 1 at worst and depending on how the hand plays out

no worse than 75% to make 9+ tricks