[luckyloser]

i just wanted to show that dec might play for a compound squeeze if he had the hand suggested (with the J of d) if we led a c for instance on the second trick. his d however are (very) slightly too weak...

with the actual hand he surely would play for a compound as there is no other chance. however his d are too weak to make them a threat in a guard compound squeeze as i thought, because p will not be threatened by an eventual d finesse against his J (if dec had at least K9x that would work!), so my d are not needed to guard against that!

in our example the only way for dec to win is to play for a compound with c the menace in hand and the A an entry. to destroy this squeeze we must attack this entry by switching to a c ! the Q would establish a double squeeze with d the double menace and the c J a menace against p. therefore....

lead the T or the low c!

however as suggested, with the 9 of d instead of the 8, dec would survive after that silly opening lead of the K of s! there would be no way to beat the contract anymore after declarer made the routine play of ducking the A of s on the 1st trick!! lol