[catch22]

Scoring: IMP

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1C-[1H]-X-P
1NT-P-3NT-P
P-P

2H-5H-JH-3H
8H-AH-4H-9H
5S-2S-TS-KS
4S-QS-AS-3S
6H-KH-2D-7H

Do you agree with the line so far?
What is East's likely diamond holding if East is an expert?
What is East's likely diamond holding if East is a good club player?

How do you continue in both cases?

[foo]

The holdup on T1 is fine, but why are you attacking ♠'s on T3?

Given that you are looking at the HA and HK, the odds are very good that LHO has most if not all of the SA, SK, and CK. Give them the HQ and HJ to have decent suit quality for their overcall, and you may very well have placed all the values that LHO has.

The above plus that LHO has shown length in H's and that the ♦ you are missing is the Q or lower, means you should play RHO to have the DQ.

So I'd win the ♥ on T2 in dummy.
Then play a Dx to the DJ on T3 and see what happens.

[Apollo81]

I'd have won the second heart in dummy and led low to the ♠Q. LHO wins and presumably returns a heart, causing the same diamond pitch. I win in hand perforce and run the ♣Q. Whether this is covered or not, I'll play a spade next. I'm assuming RHO wins and plays a black suit. Now I have 1 spade, 2 heart, and 2 club tricks, so I need to play the diamonds for 4 tricks.

Obv this doesnt work if LHO has both spade honors, and yes I could also play RHO for ♣Kx(x) instead of playing spades. I think the above line is more likely to work.