Since no one bothered to put forward their opinion,
besides Ben and a non-commital nudge from Mike shall say how i played it.
E took opening Lead of 6
♥ with A
♥ and quickly switched to Q
♠. I ducked and took the J continuation with A. I figured that i need a 3-2 trump break and the inability of opps to play a third round before i ruffed a
♣.
Decided to play E for QJ or Qx of trumps. If i took A first round hoping for blockage will certainly get a
♦ though dummy if W gains lead, which would scupper my plan of endplaying E. I visualised an ending where i can strip E of exit cards and put him in with a
♣ and thus be forced to open
♦s. If he has the K
♦ we take 2
♦s.
i now led T of
♣ playing E for at least 2 top
♣ honors. Cannot let W get in before dummy bereft of
♣. W played low and i ducked in dummy. Does not gain for W to cover T; i just take A and play small. He never gets in having 1 card above T.
West won with J and returned
♥. I won with K and played a small
♣ to A. ruffed a
♥ to hand, ruffed a
♣ (Ws K falling) and ruffed another
♥, E discarding a
♦.
The defence have won a
♠,
♥ and a
♣. I had won:
♠ ♥ ♣,
♣ ruff and 2
♥ ruffs. Hands are now:-
I exited with a
♣ and on fall of cards contract is guaranteed. I discard
♦ from dummy and E is
end played, forcing to play a
♦ away from the K. It does West no good neither to ruff with K to avoid ps end play embarrassment as he is ruffing with a boss trump.
RHO- Me -- LHO - Partner
(1♣) - 1♠ - (DBL) - Pass
(1NT) - Pass - Pass - 2♠
all pass