[Free]

Bidding went:
1♣! - 2♦! - pass! - pass
3♠ - pass - 4♠ - pass
pass - pass

1♣ is 15+HCP any
2♦ shows 4+♦ and a Major (also 4+ card)
Partner's pass was followed by saying "oops", which we didn't use (otherwise I'll blast to game). He wanted to double

LHO leads ♥A. You see

Scoring: MP

West leads ♥A, RHO plays ♥2 (normal count and attitude, but he's known to falsecard now and then so you can't always count on his signals)

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- What is the best line (% wise) of play in MP?
- What is the best line (% wise) of play in imps?

There are imo 2 possibilities: either you play low and hope to get that ♥Q for a ♣ discard, or you drop ♥K under the Ace to create another entry to catch ♠ 0-3.

[000002]

i guess, it's very important ,the attitude of opps will be ♦ hint, hardly ♣ since 2♦ overcall.
so, this is the best line suggesting by me ,remain ♥ king to pitch ♣ with the 3rd ♠ entry.



regards 000002

[whereagles]

MPs: play low. Take ♦ switch, finesse spade, cash ♥K, play ♠A, enter dummy with last spade to take club pitch. 11 tricks if it goes well.

IMPs: can't come up with anything better than the MP line.

[bid_em_up]

In either form of scoring, thank your lucky stars that you didn't receive a club lead (making the contract dependent on finding the spade K onside or picking up the stiff K offside).

The percentage play is to play for 2-1 spades (78%) vs. 3-0 onside (1/2 of 22%=11.0%).

Clearly playing for spades to be 2-1 is a 7-1 favorite, as opposed to creating two entries to dummy to finesse spades twice, regardless of the method of scoring.

[Free]

Ok, without any information it's clear that playing for ♠ 2-1 and a ♣ discard on ♥Q is percentage play. However I think the odds have changed. Why does LHO lead ♥A? We know he has at least 4♦ and at least 4♥. With AJxx it's a rather unusual lead, isn't it?