[xx1943]

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

- - 1♦ Pass
1♥ Pass 2♠ Pass
3♣ Pass 4♣ Pass
5♣ Pass 6♣ Pass
Pass Pass



Trick 1: ♠9 ♠A ♠8 ♠4
Trick 2: ♣Q ♣2 ♣4 ♣10

Now what? What is your plan to combine the different chances.

Al

[Fluffy]

I would had ruffed a diamond before playing any trump, and then trump to queen.

[MFA]

I'm cross-ruffing. Cash diamonds (spade discard), cash spades. Even if a spade is ruffed by south, I'm unlikely to have to rely on a ruffing finesse in hearts, since the diamonds might then provide the 12th trick.
If north has ♠9x and ♣Tx, he got me .

[MFA]

Hmm, perhaps I should play 3 rounds of diamonds before cashing ♠AKQ. I can claim, if ♦Q drops third and so I avoid the risk of being trapped by a tricky north.
This line loses additionally only to south's xxx, Axxxx, xx, Axx, but then he might have overcalled.

Yes, I prefer this. Hmm, difficult board. There could easily be something much better.