[Phil]

AQ
AQ73
AKJ2
K63

J9873
J952
8
A72

2C 2H (2 CONTROLS) 2N 3C 3H 4H 6H

Lead d5 (4th)

Plan the play for the first few tricks.

[nige1]

Phil writes "Plan the play for the first few tricks."

Can think of nothing clever: Win ♦K. Cross to ♣A. Finesse ♠Q.
-- if ♠Q wins, then cash ♠A (assume both follow), Cash ♥A. Advance ♥Q, hoping LHO started with ♠K doubleton or trebleton.
-- If ♠Q loses to ♠K then hope ♠s behave and that LHO has ♥K doubleton. Win ♣ return with ♣K. Cash ♦K chucking a ♣. Ruff a ♦. Finesse ♥Q. Cash ♥A (♥K drops ). Cash ♠A ...

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[Phil]

Hi Nigel.

On your line the spade hook works and on the Ace, LHO drops the ten on the 2nd round.

[nige1]

Phil, on 2016-November-14, 13:41, said:

Hi Nigel. On your line the spade hook works and on the Ace, LHO drops the ten on the 2nd round.

Still continue with ♥AQ.

• If ♥Q wins then Cash ♦A. Ruff a ♦. Ruff out ♠K. (Cash ♦J if it's good). Ruff a ♣. Discard dummy's remaining loser on a ♠.
• If a defender wins ♥K, then win return. Cross to ♥J and Ruff out ♠K.

I guess that there are better lines but it's time for somebody else to have a go.

[shyams]

Perhaps an improvement on Nigel's line would be:
- When ♠Q wins, play a low ♥ towards the South hand immediately.

This option will backfire if West started with a bare ♥K. However, it should be superior to ♠A then ♥'s for other configurations.