[kfay]

Here was an interesting hand I played the other day:

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LHO led the ♠Q, which you win in dummy.

When you lead a small heart off dummy RHO discards an encouraging diamond.

[Alik1974]

Frustrating
Opponents (East in particular) should know the closed hand's distribution and after cashing their minor suit tricks, a trump promotion should be on, provided East is on lead.

[Fluffy]

I would try for west to have ♦H8 or ♦H8x by playing the 9 at trick 3 covering

[rhm]

From the bidding and play the most likely distribution is that East has 2=0=6=5 and West 5=3=2=3
Anyway if West has only 2 clubs you are not going to make this contract.
Play ♠A, spade ruff with the ♥T (key play) and play a club from the table. Assume West wins, what can he do?
If West returns a trump you can win in hand and ruff your last spade, thanks to your careful spade ruff with the heart ten.
Otherwise the defense comes out on top by returning a low heart for lack of quick entries to hand.
If the defense continues with clubs discard your diamond on the third club to avoid a promotion in clubs.
If West switches to diamond cover as cheaply as possible.
Assuming East has the ♦A and at least one of the lower honors, I see no successful counter for the defense.

Rainer Herrmann

[kfay]

Good job Rainer