[inquiry]

Here is a fun little hand, let me set the stage. Someone (let's say it was you) had explained to a young student the "unusual versus unusual" convention a few days before when this hand came up. The instructions have either fallen on partially deaf ears or were given by the worst instructor in the world, as something goes horribly wrong on this auction. You have landed in a horrible, some might say impossible contract. The opening lead has given you a small reprieve. Can you take advantage of it so the student will not have a bad taste in his mouth when you or someone else reviews what went wrong on the bidding on this hand?

OPENING lead, HEART 2 (3rd/5th)

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[Cyberyeti]

Ruff a heart, club to the A, ruff a heart high, spade to the 10, 2 more spades and cash the clubs and on a good day the 2 suited hand has xx, J or x, Jx in the blacks, if it's the former you make 7 (bid up partner ).

[Fluffy]

When LHO discards on second club after rufing hearts in dummy and pulling trumps. ruff ♣J and lead ♦J from hand to make LHO misserable when he plays ♦Q wich is overtaken by stiff ♦K

This requires LHO to have 14 cards and missplay, won't happen very often

[dwar0123]

Ruffing 3rd heart high is key to unblock the spade suit when you finesse it. You have 7 cards in both minors so on the face of it, its a coin toss as to which minor is part of the two suiter, however I think its far more likely to be clubs, if it were diamonds the rho is stiff and the only honor he could have that would stop a diamond lead is the king, thus its very likely lho has hearts and clubs.

After ruffing two hearts and taking the spade finesse and hoping for 2-3 spade break with queen on side, you finesse the jack of clubs and use the clubs to pitch 2 of the diamond losers.

[MrAce]

May i ask how did u guys figure West's minor is ♦ ? Perhaps we have no chance if west has ♣.
But if so, i wld play west for something like that. Because i dont think we can make if West has 2♠+1♣

x
KJxxx
AQxxx
xx

Ruff a ♥, play ♣T and finesse, if wins take ♠ finesse, cash ♣A, ruff last ♥ and cash ♣s and claim

[Fluffy]

running ♠J might pin ♠9 stiff and be the key if LHO is 1534, or if he squeezes himself and doesn't pitch diamond ace on the run of the trumps when he is 1525. Allowing for 5 club tricks on an endplay.

But it goes down on mundane hands where LHO has 2 spades and singleton diamond or 3 spades and void in diamonds. So cyberyeti's line seems like the only one.

[gnasher]

Assuminng that LHO's suit is diamonds, I don't see how RHO can have a double unless he has four spades. Outside the spade suit, he has at most ♦K, ♣J and some useless hearts.

♥A, heart ruff, run ♣10, ♠J to queen and king, ♣A, heart ruff, lead club winners.